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| Eco-motoring 'can reduce carbon' | Eco-motoring 'can reduce carbon' |
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| Motorists should be taught new driving techniques to reduce carbon emissions from their vehicles, a report suggests. | Motorists should be taught new driving techniques to reduce carbon emissions from their vehicles, a report suggests. |
| A report by the Commission for Integrated Transport also suggests new rules to ensure drivers can only buy the most fuel-efficient cars. | A report by the Commission for Integrated Transport also suggests new rules to ensure drivers can only buy the most fuel-efficient cars. |
| It also wants new cars to be as environmentally friendly by 2020 as the greenest cars which are currently available on the market. | It also wants new cars to be as environmentally friendly by 2020 as the greenest cars which are currently available on the market. |
| The CfIT is the body which advises the government on transport. | The CfIT is the body which advises the government on transport. |
| BBC transport correspondent Tom Symonds said cars and lorries are the biggest source of carbon emissions in the UK. | BBC transport correspondent Tom Symonds said cars and lorries are the biggest source of carbon emissions in the UK. |
| DRIVING TIPS Lowering car windows increases fuel consumptionAs does driving with a roof rackDrive smoothly by being gentle on the accelerator and stopping without a jolt Driving at 80mph produces a third more CO2 than driving at 70mph Eco-motoring 'to help planet' | |
| The CfIT believes that motorists can be taught to drive more cleanly, saying that keeping to 70mph rather than 80mph on the motorway will cut emissions by almost a third. | The CfIT believes that motorists can be taught to drive more cleanly, saying that keeping to 70mph rather than 80mph on the motorway will cut emissions by almost a third. |
| It suggests having state-sponsored lessons in eco-motoring for the nation's drivers and wants all cars to produce no more than 100g of CO2 per kilometre by 2020. | |
| The report also says speed limits should be more rigorously enforced, and other advice includes turning off air conditioning, driving without a roof rack and generally driving with a "lighter touch". | The report also says speed limits should be more rigorously enforced, and other advice includes turning off air conditioning, driving without a roof rack and generally driving with a "lighter touch". |
| Research suggests that using a car's air conditioning consumes 10% more fuel, which has the effect of producing CO2. |