Cars now no more efficient than '60s

Sydney Morning Herald: CARS are no more fuel-efficient today than they were in the 1960s, a transport expert says. In research for the Garnaut climate change review, Paul Mees, of Melbourne University, has used Bureau of Statistics figures to show fuel efficiency has remained practically unchanged since 1963. The average car then used 11.4 litres of petrol to travel 100 kilometers. In 2006, the bureau's Survey of Motor Vehicle Use shows, it was unchanged. Dr Mees said boasts from ... Link