CassidyAce
Senior Retro Guru
Re:
Let's consider that Ford Fiesta for a minute. It's done 138,000 miles and has quoted CO2 emissions of 110g/km. That means it pumps out 177.1g of CO2 per mile (110g x 1.61) or 1kg of CO2 every 5.65 miles. Now, given that the vehicle in question has done 138,000 miles, that means that it has pumped out (177.1g x 138,000 =) 24439800g = 24,439.8kg = 24.44 metric tons of CO2 during its time in use, not including manufacturing costs, factoring in the possibly optimistic emissions figures, etc. Looked at another way, its CO2 emissions amount to roughly 20x its own weight (quoted at 1118 kg) in roughly 11 years. That's just one little car at the more fuel efficient end of the spectrum.
There are thought to be about 1.4 billion cars in use on the planet. CO2 takes between 20 and 200 years for 65%-80% to dissipate in the sea. The rest takes thousands of years to dissipate. In short, that's a hell of a lot of CO2 for a hell of a long time. But how many people plan a short drive and think that their actions are producing a kilo of CO2 every five of six miles, or that, over a lifetime, their driving alone is producing perhaps 60 metric tons of CO2, some of which will still be circulating in thousands of years time? I doubt if there's anyone here who actually wants to cause that much pollution.
Sure, the switch away from fossil fuel based vehicles might be awkward, inconvenient and expensive but surely, in good conscience, it has to happen. That might involve alternative energy sources, reduced travel or a combination of the two.
legrandefromage":nntwxp4v said:
Let's consider that Ford Fiesta for a minute. It's done 138,000 miles and has quoted CO2 emissions of 110g/km. That means it pumps out 177.1g of CO2 per mile (110g x 1.61) or 1kg of CO2 every 5.65 miles. Now, given that the vehicle in question has done 138,000 miles, that means that it has pumped out (177.1g x 138,000 =) 24439800g = 24,439.8kg = 24.44 metric tons of CO2 during its time in use, not including manufacturing costs, factoring in the possibly optimistic emissions figures, etc. Looked at another way, its CO2 emissions amount to roughly 20x its own weight (quoted at 1118 kg) in roughly 11 years. That's just one little car at the more fuel efficient end of the spectrum.
There are thought to be about 1.4 billion cars in use on the planet. CO2 takes between 20 and 200 years for 65%-80% to dissipate in the sea. The rest takes thousands of years to dissipate. In short, that's a hell of a lot of CO2 for a hell of a long time. But how many people plan a short drive and think that their actions are producing a kilo of CO2 every five of six miles, or that, over a lifetime, their driving alone is producing perhaps 60 metric tons of CO2, some of which will still be circulating in thousands of years time? I doubt if there's anyone here who actually wants to cause that much pollution.
Sure, the switch away from fossil fuel based vehicles might be awkward, inconvenient and expensive but surely, in good conscience, it has to happen. That might involve alternative energy sources, reduced travel or a combination of the two.
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