Inter Press Service: José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission’s president, has a penchant for large cars. At the same time as he was publicly encouraging citizens to be more sparing in their use of energy, it emerged in 2006 that his vehicle of choice was a Volkswagen Touareg. With its rapacious appetite for fuel, Barroso’s 4×4 emits 265 grams of carbon dioxide for every kilometre driven. That was more than twice an objective for the maximum discharge of greenhouse gases from cars that the EU’s …