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Green Activists Get Tough on 4x4 Users

German activists operating under theTheir V6 sports utility vehicle is
banner of the green lobby have taken tohighly sought after by consumers, who
slashing tyres on high performanceobviously still remain to be convinced
vehicles in Berlin in order to 'educate'of the benefits of buying a green hybrid
the drivers of such vehicles. Each ownercar. So, despite targeting the
of the 80-plus vehicles that weremanufacturer, it looks like they are not
subject to an attack in the last week ofto blame as they are only responding to
July found a hand-written note under theconsumer demand, and the market in
windscreen wiper detailing the dangersGermany is currently demanding high
of carbon emissions, in particular fromperformance, high carbon emitting
their type of preferred vehicle.vehicles.
Police investigating the incidentsAnd it's not only Porsche who are the
believe that they are the work oftargets of the car terrorists; Daimler
organised groups allied to internationaland BMW are also accused of putting
activists in France and Belgium whoperformance ahead of green issues. The
prefer to smear the vehicles withfact that a lobby of all three German
manure, rather than slash the tyres. Inmanufacturers have been successful in
what effectively amounts to war beinggetting the EU to change their minds on
declared on sports and utility vehiclecarbon emission targets for vehicles
drivers by self-styleddoesn't help their cause in the eyes of
environmentalists, the 4 x 4 wheelthe green lobby. In a co-ordinated
vandalism highlights the frustrationdrive, the trio have managed to effect a
felt by the activists in the differencechange in the EU draft legislation
in the speed of progress on green issuesresulting in carbon emissions being
between the majority of German societycategorised by vehicle size as opposed
and the German motor industry. While theto the original absolute target for all
population has readily adopted renewablevehicles. This means that the future for
policies, the car industry appears to behigh performance vehicles in Germany and
dragging its heels. Porsche recentlythe rest of the EU looks bright, despite
came under attack from Greenpeace, beingthe best efforts of the green lobby to
labelled a "climate pig" by theeffect change.
environmentalists for concentrating onHowever, whether wholesale slashing of
power and performance over green issues4x4 tyres will really persuade
in its product range.car-loving Germans to abandon their
However, despite recently introducing aprized performance assets, or make them
hybrid engine which promises to cuteven more determined to not be
carbon emissions by 20%, the German autobrow-beaten by a minority of vandals
giant's own research shows that demandremains to be seen.
for the green cars will be limited.



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