Topic: Japan want 50% of new cars green by 2020

[sam]

Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry has announced a strategy that calls for boosting eco-friendly vehicles' share of domestic new car sales to as high as 50 percent by 2020, from the current 9 percent.

http://www.physorg.com/news190490739.html

[Simon]

I can't see how electric vehicles can take off, until they make charging 'instant', and they go as far on one charge as they would on a tank of fuel.

[Rik]

Which, for the time being means hybrid.

[Clive]

The problem is that fuel consumption is worse than a much cheaper diesel car.   

[Rik]

But will they save the world?

[Clive]

er...no.   

[Rik]

We need Supercar!  I wonder what Herbie's doing at the moment? 

[Clive]

   Loved those films! 

[Simon]

Hated them!  Bloody American shmaltz. 

[Rik]

You missed the C.

[Simon]

[Rik]