Japan does not seem to lag behind in taking a constructive initiative to fight global warming along with the soaring oil prices. Banking on their home-made technology, it requires that all road vehicles be able to run on an eco-friendly mix of ethanol and regular gasoline by 2030, according to an official.
According to the new policy, the Environment Ministry adopted this month; all new cars are to be able to run on a blend of 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline. And this should start in 2010, Takeshi Sekiya, an official at the ministry’s global warming division said. The costs and its implementation are still being studied.
Via: ABC News
Japan's new policy: All road vehicles to run on ethanol by 2030!
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Its a good start for Japan.
It may be better if they will support the new technology of Aircars if they are really concerned with the environment. But i guess that still needs a lot of study (Aircars must be installed with Skunk 2 performance parts for better performance). And another is that Japan is one of the well known dealers of gasoline powered vehicle thats why they cant support this kind of technology.
But that move from Japan must be well respected throughout the world.