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OCR 2888: New SMMT report on CO2 emissions
25th March 2008
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders have released a new report on progress in cutting CO2 emissions from the motor vehicle industry. This looks like good background material for teachers and students preparing for the OCR 2888 paper, it focuses on how there has been a big shift in the new car market towards vehicles that come in under the 140g/km emissions level.
They claim that:
Average new car CO2 has fallen 13.1% since 1997, to 164.9 g/km Total CO2 emissions from all cars in use has fallen by 4.8% since 1997 Almost a quarter of all new cars registered in 2007 were under 140g/km and over 10% were under 130g/km There are record numbers of model ranges available to consumers, providing choice to meet a broad spectrum of consumer demands
Here is the link to download the report as a pdf file
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.