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In article , The Other Mike
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On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 19:09:31 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
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Notice you've missed out ordinary cars. Over 400g per mile.


If 'ordinary' means 'gross pollutor'


A Porsche 911 or a Land Rover Discovery only put out just over 300g per
mile


Try a Dacia Sandero 99g/km


To get any meaningful comparison, you'd need to test cars and aircraft in
the same sort of way. The government figures for cars are merely for
taxation purposes.

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