[s-cars] NAC: And you thought we had it bad?

[David Kase]

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The Porsche 911 emits more than 225 grams of CO2 per kilometer
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A SAMPLING OF OTHER GLOBAL CO2 MAKERS, ACCORDING TO EU SOURCES
• Boeing 747 jumbo jet: 125,000-135,000 g/km
• Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship: 900,000 g/km
• London-Paris Eurostar electric train: 1521 g/km
• World’s livestock industry: 4.5 billion-6.5 billion tons of CO2 annually

By JULIAN RENDELL 
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Since carbon dioxide has become the globalwarming bad guy, legislators 
across Europe have been hellbent on delivering the promises of the Kyoto 
treaty of 1997. Europeans are going crazy over CO2 limits, but what does 
all this grams-perkilometer stuff really mean? First off, here’s where 
the numbers come from: During fuel-economy testing, measurements are 
also taken of the weight of CO2 pumping out of the tailpipe. It’s 
expressed as grams of CO2 produced per kilometer driven and is directly 
proportional to fuel economy.

The European Union target is a limit of 130 grams per kilometer by 2012. 
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such as diesel-powered superminis (Renault Clio, Fiat Punto) and the 
Toyota Prius hybrid get near that figure.

Poor fuel economy and CO2 emissions levels translate into penalties.

The United Kingdom, for instance, levies an annual tax based on CO2. No 
tax is charged for a car producing less than 100 grams per kilometer. 
Two cars currently qualify: the Honda Insight hybrid and the Smart diesel.

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2.0-liter or a Porsche 911—is charged an annual tax of £210 (about $420).

Politicians are looking at ramping up these charges, so it wouldn’t be a 
surprise if in a few years, the highest CO2 tax could top £2,000 
($4,000). Germany is looking at a similar system, and other EU countries 
probably will follow suit.