EMISSIONS NEWS

Energy Demand Reduction on the Table in Europe

Because many environmental laws parallel ours in the states or even influence our own EPA’S clean air policies, we’ve been following Europe’s growing greenhouse gas (i.e. CO2) problem. Due in part to consumers no longer buying and driving diesel vehicles and partly due to a lack of all-electric infrastructure, CO2 emissions are trending upward in Europe. Now, the UK’S Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) is recommending a reduction in energy demand on a massive scale. Among other items listed within the report, it states that the number of cars on the road will have to be reduced in order to reduce GHG emissions. The report also recommends car pooling, public transport, walking, cycling, regulating the availability and sales of large cars, and even that residents should avoid car ownership altogether, as a means of achieving a zero-carbon economy.