Opel and company CEO Dr. Karl Thomas-Neumann are questioning the benefits of current and future CO2 regulations in Europe. During a workshop in Brussels hosted by Opel and the Hessian Ministry for Federal and European Affairs, the longtime auto exec called for CO2 regulations beyond 2020 to be scrutinized, as they do not correctly address problems such as emissions and climate change.
During the workshop, Neumann proposed a new CO2 regulations model which is based on sensible fleet consumption limits and other factors such as integration into the European emissions trading scheme. His remarks followed findings from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that indicated the current regulations, which only address CO2 emissions of new vehicles, are “neither very effective in regards to the climate effect nor under macroeconomic aspects.”
Representatives from the European Centre of Economic Research, along with Professor Andreas Löschel from Münster University, agreed with Neumann and showed possible alternatives to the current regulations in place, including the proposed emissions trading plan.
“The emissions trading scheme looks an especially viable possibility. This trade scheme has already been applied to power plants and energy intensive industries – why not use it in the transport and traffic sector,” explained Löschel.
The current CO2 regulations in place for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles concentrate only on the average consumption of an automaker’s entire model lineup. Targets of 130 grams per kilometer for this year and 95 grams per kilometer for 2021 have been put in place. Neumann and scientists argue this regulation only takes new car fleets into consideration, ignoring where the majority of emissions are coming from. He also said the automotive industry has been treated a lot harsher than other industries in regards to CO2 regulations.
“We need a fair playing field for CO2regulation. The time has come to work on the framework conditions,” Neumann said.
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Anyone notice all the Global Warming damage control with the last couple cold winters? Just in the last couple weeks of the cold here in most of the states we are seeing all sorts of crazy stories and personal attacks.
Sorry I should say Climate Change industry is now attacking scientist that have feet in both camps.
The fact is they have lied so much at this point they are losing credibility with many anymore.
We are to believe the same people who claimed in the 70’s that the earth was moving to an ice age and now they want to claim that we are going to burn up with global warming when they can’t even predict what the weather is going to be more than 3 days out.
Even today the most honest weather forecasters will not tell me how much snow I will get till two days out because they know that the systems can change.
They have lied about Polar Bears and other things while they enrich themselves on the buying and selling of carbon credits.
I hope more people wake up and realize how they are getting fleeced and how companies are being extorted.
While we should still work to clean up the air we need to focus where the air needs cleaned the most first in China and India. Then work together to pervert bad air like we had here from 1870’s to the 1950’s.
Anyone also notice the cleaner the air Is the less industry we have? Might take that as a note that good management of both is needed not the elimination of one.
CO2 is already dangerous to humans and other things as well. thats it.
if it would be necessary for a healthy and everything else you would not have a problem
You do realize trees and plants need CO2 to thrive and produce oxygen that we use?
You need to do your home work on this one as you are being deceived on the highest level.
The earth has a ebb and flow to the climate and that is a proven fact over the history of the earth. The planet is self regulation and generally redeems itself due to man made or natural damage.
Just look at MT Saint Helens as they said nothing would live there for years but yet today it is a thriving growing area that has recovered in a time not ever imagined at the time it blew up.
Even in Russia when the Nuke plant blew up they said it would be centuries before people could go there. Well you still would not want to live there but they do take tours now and Top Gear filmed a show there.
I even saw a fishing show filmed there. While not fully recovered nature is making headway to undo the damage done.
People do not give nature enough credit as if the planet did not change and adapt we would have been wiped from this planet centuries ago.
While some may think this is all just by change then why does it not happen anywhere else?