Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon said Thursday the government is working towards a “made-in-Canada” solution to reduce the fuel consumption of new cars and light trucks by 2020.
On Thursday it announced that it will launch a consultation process that will help create new rules for fuel economy.
As promised last year, Cannon said Ottawa will begin in 2011 to regulate the fuel consumption of new vehicles. The aim is to at least match U.S. standards by 2020.
“By 2020, the average new vehicle sold in Canada will have a fuel consumption better than some of today’s hybrid cars, and produce fewer GHG emissions, than approximately 93 per cent of all vehicle entries listed in the 2008 Fuel Consumption Guide,” said Cannon.
In 2006, the combined new vehicle fleet (car and light trucks) average fuel consumption was approximately 8.6 litres per 100 km in Canada.
“The U.S. Congress has recently set an ambitious target of 35 miles per gallon, or 6.7 litres per 100 kilometres, for the average fuel economy of new vehicles sold in 2020,” said Cannon.
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Starting in 2011? They’re hardly even trying, are they?
Hybrids are good, but they still emit pollution. We need to move away from oil products, and greenhouse gas emissions aren’t the only reason. The world’s supply of oil isn’t going to last forever, and what are people going to do when it runs out? Alternative fuels aren’t being developed quickly enough. With estimates that the world will run out of oil as soon as 4 years, we’ll all be left out in the cold, literally and figuratively.
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