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New car emissions are falling fast enough to meet EU targets for first time as buyers turn away from gas-guzzling vehicles.

Average CO2 emissions for new cars now stands at 156.6g/km – that’s 7.4g/km less than a year ago, according to research by Clean Green Cars.

If this rate of decline continues, average new car CO2 emissions will fall below the EU’s proposed 130g/km target by 2012. That’s something the car-makers had previously argued was impossible.

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That's great news. Based on a straight-line decline like that, does that mean by 2030 that the average car will actually be removing 6.2g/km of CO2 from the atmosphere, and producing a gallon of fossil fuel for every 1040 miles it drives? Crikey, that really will be an efficient engine.

BadgerRacing:

Based on a straight-line decline like that, does that mean by 2030 that the average car will actually be removing 6.2g/km of CO2 from the atmosphere, and producing a gallon of fossil fuel for every 1040 miles it drives?

According to politicians, their £1,000/day 'expert' advisers, Greenpeace, and assorted do-gooders, the answer's YES! Now to crack perpetual motion. It's been legislated for so it must happen.