Why has Greenpeace had a car rebuilt ?
Apart from declarations of intent such as that of the Federal Government of emitting at least 25 percent less carbon dioxide by 2005 in Germany, no real measures to drastically reduce the energy consumption of the industrial countries have been evident so far. The traffic sector is the biggest problem child of climate policy because of the forecast growth rates. We cannot wait longer to achieve the reduction targets for carbon dioxide considered to be necessary by, among others, the IPCC, the UN panel of climate experts (60-80 percent reduction by 2050). Immediate measures are necessary. Greenpeace has had a Renault Twingo redesigned so that the car consumes only half as much petrol as the original. In this way we demonstrate that even today it is possible solely by technical improvements to drastically reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of car traffic. Halving the petrol consumption is feasible as a first step for all cars. A necessary, if albeit not by its own sufficient, measure.
