Buses have longer life spans and can carry more people, which means that producing them accounts for less emissions per passenger and kilometer. Taking the bus will already cut your emissions by more than half. Considering the average road use of European car drivers, different fuel types and average occupation, and adding emissions from production, driving a car emits about 271 g CO2 per passenger-kilometer. On average, the production of a car alone accounts for 42 g of CO2 emissions per kilometer driven.īut actually driving your car is what really bumps up greenhouse gas emissions, of course. Producing cars is a high-energy industrial process that uses lots of raw material.
As it turns out, unfortunately it is also the most environmentally unfriendly one. Let’s start with the car, still most Europeans’ preferred mode of transport. ECF has calculated and compared the carbon dioxide emissions of cycling, driving a car, or taking the bus. Knowing how much greenhouse gas you are releasing into the air using different modes of transport is possible.
But just how much CO2 can you save using your bike? Yet, one such climate solution indeed already exists all over Europe – the bicycle. Cycling to work, spending your holidays cycling, or using your bike to transport stuff and groceries is something almost anybody, anywhere can do right now. Saving the climate makes people creative. The “World You Like” campaign aims to promote existing climate solutions in Europe.
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