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Cutting CO2 from HGVs: bigger lorries aren’t the answer

Philippa Edmunds, Freight on Rail manager, Campaign for Better Transport, London N1
22 January 2016
 

There are gaping holes in the University of Cambridge and Heriot-Watt University’s report to Government on how to reduce emissions from the UK’s road freight sector (‘Larger lorries could help in fights against climate change’ LTT 08 Jan). 

The researchers’ conclusion that bigger trucks could significantly reduce road freight’s emissions relies on old flawed research that assumes higher average capacity utilisation than achieved now with existing-sized...

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