by Karl Dyson | Feb 8, 2011 | Green Car News
Volkswagen is set to launch a 100mpg Golf in 2020, in time to meet super-stringent EU fuel economy regulations. Senior VW sources told Autocar that the greenest Golf — likely to be the blue-e-motion — is expected to have an average CO2 rating of just 75g/km.Planned...
by Karl Dyson | Feb 8, 2011 | Fuel Protests
The Fair Fuel UK Campaign took its message to the Treasury and then Westminster in two high-profile media and public affairs events. The demonstrators, headed by TV presenter and ex Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson called on Chancellor of the Exchequer George...
by Karl Dyson | Feb 8, 2011 | Fuel Prices
Pleas from industry to cut petrol duty would cost the government £6bn and lead to a “fiscal black hole” in public finances that would have to be filled by raising other taxes, or by more painful public spending cuts, a green thinktank (Green Alliance)...
by Karl Dyson | Feb 4, 2011 | Fuel Prices
Britain hit back at suggestions made by Abdalla el-Badri, secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), that the government is responsible for record fuel prices.El-Badri said in an interview with the Times newspaper that pump prices...
by Karl Dyson | Feb 3, 2011 | Hypermiling News
Shell reported it’s annual profits have almost doubled (90%) to $18.6billion (£11.5billion) in 2010, boosted by higher oil prices and growing production levels.This works out at at staggering £21,864 a minute in 2010.News of Shells enormous profit comes as world...
