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Greenpeace made fools of themselves last week as they demonstrated at Porsche's main plant in Zuffenhausen. Not only was their demonstration misinformed on several fronts but it brought extra attention to Porsche's new Cayenne Hybrid model which was simultaneously being released to the media.
Porsche's offical account reads:
For the first time in the history of the company now going back almost 60 years, Porsche received a visit from Greenpeace.
The company took the opportunity to welcome the environmental organisation with a big poster proudly stating “Done It! Greenpeace Demonstration at Porsche. Now We Have Really Made It!” rolled out at the entrance to Porsche’s Home Plant in Zuffenhausen as a particularly warm sign of appreciation.
Greenpeace accused the company of building cars they claimed to be "climate pigs". Porsche vehemently rejected this accusation and informed the activists that less than 12% of all exhaust emissions in Germany come from passenger cars, with Porsche's share therein being less than one-tenth of 1%. Power stations alone, for example, account for 43%, industry accounts for 16%, and private households 14%. Porsche presented its counter-arguments on a second large poster bearing the headline ”Good to Know“ followed by impressive facts and figures:
A further significant point is that by the end of this decade Porsche will be offering a hybrid version of the Cayenne. And the objective in this case, in terms of fuel consumption, is to have an “8“ before the decimal point – that is less than 9.0 litres fuel consumption on 100 kilometres – or better than 31.4 mpg. Porsche’s fourth model series, finally, the Panamera Gran Turismo scheduled to enter the market in 2009, will likewise be available with a hybrid power unit.
Porsche also told the Greenpeace activists that they build premium class cars offering technical features, motoring comfort and safety of the very highest standard, making it impossible to compare a Porsche with a small compact car.
Precisely for this reason, the Stuttgart manufacturer is opposed to a common CO2 limit applicable to the car fleets of all car makers in general. Instead, Porsche advocates CO2 emission standards oriented towards individual market segments or categories of cars – with such standards by all means being ambitious and demanding.
Concluding the demonstration, Porsche could not resist the temptation to unroll a third large poster stating: "Dear Friends from Greenpeace: Porsche is Better than You Think. But the Good News is that David taking on Goliath was underestimated, too . . ."
Porsche's offical account reads:
For the first time in the history of the company now going back almost 60 years, Porsche received a visit from Greenpeace.
The company took the opportunity to welcome the environmental organisation with a big poster proudly stating “Done It! Greenpeace Demonstration at Porsche. Now We Have Really Made It!” rolled out at the entrance to Porsche’s Home Plant in Zuffenhausen as a particularly warm sign of appreciation.
Greenpeace accused the company of building cars they claimed to be "climate pigs". Porsche vehemently rejected this accusation and informed the activists that less than 12% of all exhaust emissions in Germany come from passenger cars, with Porsche's share therein being less than one-tenth of 1%. Power stations alone, for example, account for 43%, industry accounts for 16%, and private households 14%. Porsche presented its counter-arguments on a second large poster bearing the headline ”Good to Know“ followed by impressive facts and figures:
- Porsche’s contribution to CO2 emissions in traffic less than 0.1%.
- Porsche has the lowest CO2 emissions per horsepower.
- Porsche will reduce CO2 emissions by more than 20% by the year 2012.
- Porsche is introducing the hybrid engine: less than 9 litres fuel consumption on 100 km.
A further significant point is that by the end of this decade Porsche will be offering a hybrid version of the Cayenne. And the objective in this case, in terms of fuel consumption, is to have an “8“ before the decimal point – that is less than 9.0 litres fuel consumption on 100 kilometres – or better than 31.4 mpg. Porsche’s fourth model series, finally, the Panamera Gran Turismo scheduled to enter the market in 2009, will likewise be available with a hybrid power unit.
Porsche also told the Greenpeace activists that they build premium class cars offering technical features, motoring comfort and safety of the very highest standard, making it impossible to compare a Porsche with a small compact car.
Precisely for this reason, the Stuttgart manufacturer is opposed to a common CO2 limit applicable to the car fleets of all car makers in general. Instead, Porsche advocates CO2 emission standards oriented towards individual market segments or categories of cars – with such standards by all means being ambitious and demanding.
Concluding the demonstration, Porsche could not resist the temptation to unroll a third large poster stating: "Dear Friends from Greenpeace: Porsche is Better than You Think. But the Good News is that David taking on Goliath was underestimated, too . . ."
ph123 said:
Some years ago in response to similar pressure, the factory came up with a fact about there being so many old Porsches (? 75% still running) on the road, it was the most ECOMOMICAL form of popular motoring in existence.
I'm sure that's true, but frankly it's not worth gracing these imbeciles with a structured answer. They KNOW that CO2 is killing the earth despite there being no science to back them up, they KNOW protesting about "gas guzzlers" will reduce its production despite there being no will from the wider population. They KNOW that by making this difference, China, India and all the other nations raising their emmissions ferociously will somehow stop growing despite there being no evidence to suggest they will.Of course, all this said we have just as much (or little) GW today as we had when this nonsense was first pedalled, so whatever they're doing isn't working anyway.
SM
Do they also realise that they are also doing the government's bidding for them.
As net importers of oil,and as oil becomes scarecer, it is in the EU's interests to get us all to use less of it just for mooching around in our cars. I beleive that our government is more than aware that vehicles contribute sod all to global warming and that global warming isnt a human condition anyway, but they choose to allow all the tree huggers to spout about how we are poisoning the earth with no regard to our grandchildren's legacy.
Greenpeace should stick to saving the whale.
As net importers of oil,and as oil becomes scarecer, it is in the EU's interests to get us all to use less of it just for mooching around in our cars. I beleive that our government is more than aware that vehicles contribute sod all to global warming and that global warming isnt a human condition anyway, but they choose to allow all the tree huggers to spout about how we are poisoning the earth with no regard to our grandchildren's legacy.
Greenpeace should stick to saving the whale.
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