Wednesday, February 14- European Union

Wednesday, February 14

It is rather ironic that I came upon this article today, published by the European Observer, entitled "EU Sets World's Toughest CO2 Emissions Cap for Cars." In a class today, I also viewed Al Gore's "An Unconvenient Truth," which also mentioned that lawmakers are aiming towards vehicle production companies to set new goals for levels of CO2 emissions. American companies, like Ford, are against this law mainly due to the fact that they do not want to spend the money to arrive at solutions for the new technology that will allow cars to actually run while producing less CO2 Emissions. However, vehicle producers in other countries are not against this because their technology is a step ahead of ours so they can afford to make these changes and step up to the plate. This will absolutely effect the sales of American companies. Many people do follow global warming and its concerns, and are aware of what is going on between the governments and these companies. They will not tolerate the inefficency that such companies as Ford are putting forth, and the insensitivity they are revealing. Global warming and the changes being made to help stop it are absolutely bringing forth disagreements between the fields of industry and the environment, mainly due to profit concerns. In upcoming years, these issues will arise commonly and soon the people of the industry and the people of the environment will have to make some changes together. Cars are a good start. Now, where is America with these changes?

http://euobserver.com/19/23443