Reinventing the wheel
Published on: Thu, 20 Mar 2008
Author:
Michael Odell
In the month the Chancellor raised excise duty on the country's gas guzzlers to almost £1,000, and petrol topped $111 a barrel, what is the motor industry's response? Cars powered by corn, hydrogen and even air. Michael Odell visits the Geneva International Motor Show to find out if it's all too little too late
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/mar/20/climatechange.carbonemissions?gusrc=rss&feed=fromtheobserver
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