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\"2015-09-22<\/a>There have two major environmental stories this week and one of them involves emissions at Volkswagen<\/a>.\u00a0 The company has been in trouble for allegedly fiddling its emissions data in the US.\u00a0 This is becoming a huge story in the business press and this\u00a0 scandal has caused the companies share price to plunge.\u00a0 The reason for this is not just\u00a0reputational damage but also a potential $18 billion dollar fine (about $37,000 per car for clean act volitions) and a huge recall.\u00a0 What is the company supposed to have done?\u00a0 Fiddled its NOx<\/sub> figures.\u00a0 In the US where diesel cars make less than 1% of sales the emissions targets are much tighter than Europe where the sales of diesel cars make up 50% of all sales.\u00a0 Interestingly though the different methods of emissions testing has made it easier for the company to get away with it.\u00a0 Apparently in Europe a large number of cars are pulled at random from the production line and tested, in the US just one car is used which makes it easier to doctor.<\/p>\n

Apart from Volkswagens alleged dishonesty this whole case raises an important issue to do with emissions, at least indirectly.\u00a0 The whole method of mileage testing in Europe is a nonsense.\u00a0 Driving a car round a test track with the vehicle stripped of anything it can be, by skilled drivers simulating different driving conditions is farcical.\u00a0 In reality most cars return massively lower mileage figures than the manufacturer says (not just\u00a0Volkswagen but all of them).\u00a0 This is the real legal emissions scandal and requires urgent attention.<\/p>\n

Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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