Is this guy serious?

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Not sure if this is the best place for this, but it is car related..

bbc said:
The EU should ban the sale of cars that do under 35 miles to the gallon, the ex-chairman of oil giant Shell says. Sir Mark Moody-Stuart told BBC News the motor industry would adapt to cope with stricter environmental rules.
The UK Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders opposes the idea, saying drivers of the most polluting cars pay extra through road tax and petrol duty.
But Sir Mark said this simply let rich people avoid taking responsibility for tackling climate change.
Expanding on the views he expressed in a BBC News website Green Room opinion column, Sir Mark said: "Nobody needs a car that does 10-15mpg.
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So he is obviously quite happy about putting the supercar firms out of business. :rolleyes:



Oh, and he drives a Prius, how hypocritical :p
 
flat-6 said:
Stupid obviously, taxing emissions/fuel consumption is a perfectly fair tax.
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I prefer my method though, tax cars on how "Cool" they are, so cars like the DB9 are actually paid by the government to drive about, where as Vectra's and other uncool cars are £1000 per year.

That way we have the best looking roads in the world :p
 
The environmental damage caused by the manufacture of the Pious is excessive to say the least.
 
Baz said:
I prefer my method though, tax cars on how "Cool" they are, so cars like the DB9 are actually paid by the government to drive about, where as Vectra's and other uncool cars are £1000 per year.

That way we have the best looking roads in the world :p
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What car do you drive?
 
This CO2 stuff is getting silly, I think there must be an alteria motive.

Either the car industry wants old motors off the road or there are conerns about the availabiltiy of far eastern oil in the future.
 
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He's right in a way though - It would force the car manufacturers to push the technology a bit more. If you look at bike vs car engine advancements over the past couple of decades bikes have streaked ahead, partly because they have a CC/Weight limitation (imposed by riders/physics). The new fireblade is as quick as a WSB Factory bike from just 5 years ago. Cars on the other hand tend to have much slower development cycles despite enjoying much higher sales.
 
K.C. Leblanc said:
This CO2 stuff is getting silly, I think there must be alteria motive.
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I think you're right. We haven't increased crude oil production worldwide since 2005. Since CO2 directly correlates with how much fuel you burn, this forces us to use less fuel. Well it would if we actually stopped growing as an economy.

This is silly because you kill the sportscar industry when they contribute a very small amount to the problem due to low numbers sold and low miles driven.
 
I'm working on a project at the moment to expand a huge Oil & Gas field in Russia, loads of oil left around its all BS and scaremongering, fair enough most of them arn't in the most stable of climates but that won't be an issue either when fuel cell cars come on-line.

I'm actually half looking forward to the reduction of oilburners cause i want to see what the Gov dream up to tax us on next.
 
Firestar_3x said:
I'm working on a project at the moment to expand a huge Oil & Gas field in Russia, loads of oil left around its all BS and scaremongering, fair enough most of them arn't in the most stable of climates but that won't be an issue either when fuel cell cars come on-line.

I'm actually half looking forward to the reduction of oilburners cause i want to see what the Gov dream up to tax us on next.
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They won't need to. With slightly lower pollution, everyone will instantly become incredibly healthy, and the NHS won't need 1/1000th of its current funding, there'll be no one on incapacity benefits either, and all the unemployed will get jobs as messengers on bike/foot, able to be aerobically superfit and efficient due to the clean air.

:rolleyes: :)
 
Firestar_3x said:
I'm working on a project at the moment to expand a huge Oil & Gas field in Russia, loads of oil left around its all BS and scaremongering, fair enough most of them arn't in the most stable of climates but that won't be an issue either when fuel cell cars come on-line.
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Well its not really, you should educate yourself on the issues before making such statements. I recommend http://www.theoildrum.com
 
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