03 October, 2007

greenwash, vol. II

how nice it is to stroll along the street. i get to see street ads like these (see picutre below), suggesting that such a suv jeep is a technical master achiever as regards fuel efficiency. i wonder whether the car drivers passing by are able to read the small print. here is it written that the jeep patriot emits 176 gr co2 per kilometer. the european union works to put the emission limit to a level of 120 gr co2...


the average fuel efficiency of newly imported cars to switzerland though is still sinking... thanks to the big success of heavy luxury outdoor cars like the jeep patriot (even though we do have quite a lot of mountains in switzerland, the excellent state of the road infrastructure does not require the purchase of an offroader to reach remote places).

it just shows that the promised self-regulation towards higher fuel emissions by the otherwise heavily protected car importing cartel revealed itself again as an attempt to postpone effective regulation. more on this from official side: here

1 comment:

Unknown said...

So, some of it I can't understand- but I'm still good with it. Why Frankfurt? What are you up to these days? I love to hear from you!