Friday 22nd March 2002

Environmentalabelingconfusion

Will consumers be confused. Will consumers care? Will the SMMT complain? Will the Government listen. Is this a dull story? Only you can decide.

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[kevinday]

What a waste of time and resources. I have no intention of buying a car based on its environmetally friendliness. Of course numpties may well look at a label like this. I assume it will be based on a ppm pollutant basis, which actually does not take into account the relative engine sizes. Thus a larger engine with lower ppm output will be seen as more friendly than a tiny slightly less efficient engine, despite the fact that twice as much pollutants are emitted. Not that I really care anyway I suppose the most friendly will be coded 'green'