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Climate Change and Business As Usual

Business As Usual – has got to stop.
Our cars each emit about 9,000+ pounds of carbon dioxide per year. (1)

A typical passenger vehicle emits about 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.
This assumes the average gasoline vehicle on the road today has a fuel economy of about 22.0 miles per gallon and drives around 11,500 miles per year. Every gallon of gasoline burned creates about 8,887 grams of CO2.

https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle

There are approximately 275 million registered vehicles in the US (2)
That is 2,475,000,000,000 pounds of carbon emissions!


What can be done – today?
Easy answer, and it is effective – drive slower – as was done in the 70’s to conserve fuel during the gas shortage.(3)
From the US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY:
https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10312

From The Yale School of Environment:

Driving 60 mph is 20-25 percent more efficient than driving 75 mph.
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/03/want-to-burn-less-gas-drive-slower/

You and I personally could each reduce our carbon pollution by 2,250 pounds of carbon emission per year.
Personally, as the writer of this article, I hate the idea.  But I would conform if required or requested.  
What say you?  

 

 

 

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