European Parliament
A6-0160/2006
Marta Vincenzi (PSE ),
draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism. – (IT)
Mr President, in one minute I should just like to emphasise two points. We have tried to state that we must be more determined in regarding transport efficiency as the nucleus of a strategy to integrate our policies on competitiveness, sustainability and energy security. I therefore hope, Commissioner, that you will actually do what you have said, and we shall watch that you do so.
Secondly, we have to acknowledge that the average efficiency of road transport conversion chains is surprisingly low, and a step change is needed. This represents an enormous potential saving if we take it as the main criterion for defining product quality and as a prerequisite for introducing hydrogen converters in the future.
Of course, research and development are our hope, but we have to start straight away by doing what is possible, based on proven technologies that already exist and on the possibilities for systems-wide integration.

