EU TO REQUIRE AUTOMOBILE MAKERS TO WARN PROSPECTIVE BUYERS ABOUT CO2 EMISSIONS

VIA NEWSBUSTERS: EU TO REQUIRE AUTOMOBILE MAKERS TO WARN PROSPECTIVE BUYERS ABOUT CO2 EMISSIONS:

Advertisements in newspapers and magazines, will have to devote at least 20 per cent of the space to details about fuel economy and CO2 emissions.

At the moment manufacturers have to include only basic mpg and CO2 figures in the small print. They do not have to explain what the numbers mean or provide any comparison.

Car advertisements will have to carry colour-coded emissions labels such as those already displayed on new fridges and washing machines, with bands ranging from dark green to red.

The plan, expected to be approved by the European Parliament on Wednesday, has been drawn up in response to the car industry's failure to meet its own voluntary target on reducing CO2 emissions.

• THIS IS ABSURD.
• CO2 IS NON-TOXIC.
• AND AS THE ICE CORES PROVE, ATMOSPHERIC CO2 INCREASES ARE A LAGGING INDICATOR OF CLIMATE WARMING NOT A CAUSE.

WHAT'S NEXT... WILL THE EU REQUIRE HOUSEPLANTS TO HAVE WARNING LABELS!?

SHEESH. (Maybe politicians should come with warnings - every time they speak they release CO2 into the atmosphere!)