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No longer a gas guzzler

Mark Devenport | 17:01 UK time, Tuesday, 12 May 2009

In March Sammy Wilson hit back at his global warming critics by accusing them of driving gas guzzling 4x4s. Someone in the firing line then was the Environment Committee Chair Patsy McGlone who owned up to driving a 2.4 litre Volvo. Now the Mid Ulster MLA is proudly showing off his Volkswagen Passat Blue Motion to everyone as proof that he is green in more than just a traditional nationalist way. At 126g CO2/km it 's rather better than the ministerial car pool which aims to keep to a limit of 170g CO2/km. Although the car pool has purchased two Toyato Prius hybrids in an attempt to keep up with the times.

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