Posted on February 20, 2008 by robertkyriakides
Porsche are a very successful company that make expensive high performance cars. Its last published figures show that it sold 7.4 billion euro worth of new cars, (over 97,000 of them) made up of 39,000 911s, 26,000 Boxters and 33,000 Cayennes. It employs over 11,500 people and makes excellent profits.
Its well designed cars high on [...]
Filed under: carbon emissions, cars, climate change, energy, justice, ken livingstone, parliament, pollution | Tagged: 911, Boxter, Cayenne, cONGESTION CHARGE, congestion zone exemptions, Dr Wiederking, G-wiz, porsche, porsche carbon emissions, Porsche profits, the Green Party, transport for lONDON | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 5, 2008 by robertkyriakides
Greater London is now a “Low Emission Zone”. It does not mean that everyone in London will be compelled to emit fewer emissions, so do not put away your asthma inhaler yet. It is something rather different.
Filed under: carbon emissions, cars, climate change, ken livingstone, petrol, pollution | Tagged: CCTV, congestion zone, EU emission standards for trucks, ken livingstone, LEZ, low emission zone, Mayor of London, traffic pollution | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 5, 2008 by robertkyriakides
I find it very hard to understand how we run public transport in Britain. Public transport is very important. It is almost always better (in terms of producing less carbon) to take a train or a bus than it is to take a car, so you would expect that public transport services would operate at [...]
Filed under: Travel, carbon emissions, ken livingstone, tax, transport | Tagged: Court of Appeal, fares fair, Greater London Council, House of Lords, ken livingstone, London Borough of Bromley, London Underground, Mayor of London, public transport, transport, unhealthy travelling conditions | 1 Comment »
