Global warming is undoubtedly happening. We need to cut our emissions by 80% by 2050.

But our society is largely motor vehicles based. So when can we rely on vehicles that use Hydrogen or Electricity to power them – well no time soon.

However, we do have an old technology we could use now to keep those that must have motor mobility but using a little less energy producing CO2 – Liquid Petroleum Gas. It’s between 10-14% less CO2 producing so not huge amounts of saving but it helps and it gets people used to the idea of change. But it does produce dramatically less NOx than diesel and petrol and zero particulates which is a big issue for things like taxis, buses and lorries on our London streets.

Kits to convert existing cars cost between £1,200-£2,000. They payback between 6-18 months depending on the mileage the vehicles does.

If you do a lot of mileage and absolutely must use a car take a look at  www.drivelpg.co.uk and consider whether you could change.

We have localish Petrol stations selling LPG at –   97-309 Southwark Park Road, SE16 2JN; 96/106 Camberwell Road, SE5 0HB; 747-759 Old Kent Road, SE15 1NZ; 163-165 Stansted Road, SE23 1HP.