Back to the Future

Last time,before Christmas, I was waxing lyrical about the Tesla Roadster a futuristic and, for most of us, quite unattainable environmentally-friendly supercar.

Well, almost as unattainable is the BMW Hydrogen 7.Apparently,while it almost performs like a normal 7 series car ,there are vastly more differences than similarities under the hood. It is not a regular car for today.The technology works ,but hydrogen to fuel it is not readily available.In the long term,the solution may lie elswhere for the future low emission car which will be in everyday use by the people.

Returning to reality and affordablity,we can look to the many other developments going on to reduce CO2 emissions ,and improve fuel efficiency.Of immediate benefit seems to be to work at the options for using new materials making for lighter car construction, and the advances in biofuel technology.In 2007, we should continue to see more and better environmentally-friendly cars available to buy.