Comments on: Why car scrappage is now inevitable http://www.richardaucock.com/why-scrappage-is-now-inevitable/ What a motoring journalist learnt today. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:50:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Aucock » Peugeot car ads give the game away http://www.richardaucock.com/why-scrappage-is-now-inevitable/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Richard Aucock » Peugeot car ads give the game away Mon, 25 May 2009 14:28:41 +0000 http://www.richardaucock.com/?p=247#comment-174 [...] Why car scrappage is now inevitable [...] [...] Why car scrappage is now inevitable [...]

]]> By: richard http://www.richardaucock.com/why-scrappage-is-now-inevitable/comment-page-1/#comment-22 richard Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:11:24 +0000 http://www.richardaucock.com/?p=247#comment-22 Interesting argument - Volvo said to me that, of lifecycle emissions, 85 percent from a car comes from its in-use actions, with 10 percent from making it, and 5 percent from recycling it. It's thus much better for the planet, they say, to get people into cars which consume much less fuel... which, hopefully, the scrappage scheme will do! If everyone were to drive sub-120g/km CO2 cars, there would be a big cumulative positive for the environment, both in terms of oil consumed and emissions produced. Never an easy circle to square... what do you think? Interesting argument – Volvo said to me that, of lifecycle emissions, 85 percent from a car comes from its in-use actions, with 10 percent from making it, and 5 percent from recycling it. It’s thus much better for the planet, they say, to get people into cars which consume much less fuel… which, hopefully, the scrappage scheme will do! If everyone were to drive sub-120g/km CO2 cars, there would be a big cumulative positive for the environment, both in terms of oil consumed and emissions produced.

Never an easy circle to square… what do you think?

]]> By: OLY http://www.richardaucock.com/why-scrappage-is-now-inevitable/comment-page-1/#comment-20 OLY Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:29:24 +0000 http://www.richardaucock.com/?p=247#comment-20 Except everyone seems to be overlooking the fact that all these new cars will use more energy to build them in the first place than they will ever save in their lifetimes, and a lot of perfectly serviceable vehicles will have to have enormous amounts of energy expended on them trying to recycle them... Except everyone seems to be overlooking the fact that all these new cars will use more energy to build them in the first place than they will ever save in their lifetimes, and a lot of perfectly serviceable vehicles will have to have enormous amounts of energy expended on them trying to recycle them…

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