RedM Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 EU 'should ban inefficient cars' The EU should ban the sale of cars that do under 35 miles to the gallon, the ex-chairman of oil giant Shell says. Full story here at the BBC news site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7225451.stm Another brilliant quote from him. Sir Mark said: "Nobody needs a car that does 10-15mpg. "We need very tough regulation saying that you can't drive or build something less than a certain standard. You would be allowed to drive an Aston Martin - but only if it did 50-60mpg." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 now they are going to tell us what we can and can't drive:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 4, 2008 Author Share Posted February 4, 2008 Anyone for an Aston Martin Vantage Tdi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Hang on, I've got a 4 year old Honda Accord Tourer, efffectively some of the latest technology and supposed to be clean and good, yet I get 30mpg, mainly because of the weight of it - are they suggesting I give up my boot and get a 1.3 hatchback? Do they have a suggestion where I should put the dogs then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I heard this one the radio this morning, what a f*cktard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Makes perfect sense to me .... NOT ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 How about cars running Bio Fuel like E85? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 There is plenty more of this sort of thing to come, all in the interests of the "biggest threast to face mankind". The precedent has been set. Have you noticed the laying on thick of "Global warming" - sorry "climate change" reports in the news of late The irony of that guys statement is he probably flies all over the world and that spews out a huge amount of carbon emissions. I have as we all do a car that does under 25 mpg. I bet my carbon footprint is well below that of the "i drive a Prius" type driver. As most of us use our cars as weekend / fun use and have more frugal cars for the daily grind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I'd like to see the police catch me when they've only got priuses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam bell Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 i am glad i didnt sell my car now i am going to enjoy it until further notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 No wonder he's the ex chairman. Plus he's got rediculous eyebrows. Gaz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 No wonder he's the ex chairman. He's just bittah he didn't get a cut of that gazillion pound profit they made last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMiFFAD Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Guy who made his millions from oil, now driving a Prius and suggesting we all do the same.... either utter piss take or hes actually lost his marbels! For me, if i had a 1.3 something small, id do far far more miles than i do now, probably cause even more polution - as i could afford to! At the end of the day, its a suggestion from a loopy businessman, very unlikely to come to anything. Even if it did, they couldnt simply back date it, it would make about 80% of the countrys cars illegal to drive - instant economic meltdown. So it wont affect supras, although i can see supras and the like being banned from city centres etc one day, its already been suggested On the other hand, is it a bad thing if all new cars had a set of standards to meet. We all know at some point we have to clean up our act, and im sure the auto manufacturers will rise to the occation and produce fast cars that dont kill a polar bear per mile in CO2 emmisions if they had their hands forced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 He's just bittah he didn't get a cut of that gazillion pound profit they made last year. I'm not the only cynic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 It only would apply to new cars...so nothing to worry about just yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Guy who made his millions from oil, now driving a Prius and suggesting we all do the same.... Those are silly cars. I forget what the exact stat is, but you need to replace the batteries every so many years (3?) at a cost of thousands. Where do all those hazardous batteries end up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ads Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Those are silly cars. I forget what the exact stat is, but you need to replace the batteries every so many years (3?) at a cost of thousands. Where do all those hazardous batteries end up? Not to mention the whole process to manufacture the batteries, they go all over the world. It's actually 3 times better on the environment to drive a Hummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMiFFAD Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Those are silly cars. I forget what the exact stat is, but you need to replace the batteries every so many years (3?) at a cost of thousands. Where do all those hazardous batteries end up? Also quite dangerous, one nearly ran me over in tescos the other day, they are absolutly silent when they are going slowley on battery power! If a supra had been reversing out id have heard it and moved sharpish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Hmm - the EX chairman eh? I smell jealousy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_gray Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Surely all the big gas guzzling cars will still be made but not sold directly to the EU market, at which point importers will have a field day. Try they might but people will still get round it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRASUZUKI Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I don't think our government will like it. Think of all the fuel revenue they'll loose if we're all doing 35+ mpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbonut Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 This guy is chairman of anglo american - bearing in mind the pollution and contamination resulting from mining and refining copper, zinc and gold, not to mention diamonds and AA's entry into iron smelting....and COAL mining (read: burning a hole in the ozone layer) I really don't see that he is in a position to dictate to us on environmental issues. Besides.... ...whats the bet he drives a petrol guzzling 4 litre chelsea tractor, or an equally fuel hungry Merc/BMW etc or his missus does As for larger engined cars dying out, our supra's are still going strong after 14 years or more so he can stick that up his Prius tail pipe and smoke it!! Lx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dangerousandy Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 lets hunt him down and make him drink 35 gallons of V-power at Shell's prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I think they've got to do something and put restrictions on new cars that are built with ever increasing engine sizes and performance figures. I don't believe they should do it with secondhand cars though as they will gradually disappear anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I saw this at work, immediately decided to go for BP ultimate (until their CEO annoys me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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