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Top 20

Interesting Facts

on Eco Motoring

Heres something for the anti-car lobby to suck on... check the facts for yourself.

According to Euro NCAP, an

Audi Q7 is less harmful in a

pedestrian impact than a

Ford Fiesta.



A Season of F1 burns less

fossil fuel than a single

transatlantic 747 flight



The Stern Report found

that cars make up less

than half of all transport

emissions in the UK



The average British home

emits 1500kg more CO2

per year than a Ford Focus.



Buy local. A car carrier

burns 1756 tonnes of heavy

fuel oil one way from Japan

to the UK.



Oxford Street is the UK’s

most polluted street. Most

of Oxford Street’s length is

closed to cars



Like trains, cars are most

efficient when they’re full.

A fully loaded Discovery

emits less CO2 per person

than a fully loaded Smart.

car.

Acid rain created from

mining nickel for Prius

batteries has destroyed

the landscape in Sudbury

Ontario, to such an extent

that NASA now uses the

site to test drive it’s

latest lunar vehicles!



It’s at least 3 times

cheaper to drive a small

diesel from London to

Edinburgh than it is to

take the train .



The average saloon car is

responsible for its own

kerb weight in CO2 per

year. The average Brit

accounts for 30 times

his/her own bodyweight.



The U.K’s superminis add

three times as much CO2

than its SUVs.



While 85% of cars are

recyclable by law, trains

go unregulated, with much

of each going to a landfill.



A domestic flight emits

around 400g/kg of CO2

per passenger, 4 times

that of a small diesel with

only the driver on board.



Despite being smaller and

emitting less CO2 than a

Toyota Prius, the

Volkswagen Polo

Bluemotion is not exempt

from London’s

congestion charges



Farting cows are

responsible for 18% of all

greenhouse gasses, more

than cars, planes and all

other forms of transport

put together.



Anti-car evangelist Ken

Livingstone doesn’t even

have a driving licence. but

he does have a Toyota

Prius...!!!!



A Land Rover Discovery

has a smaller carbon

footprint than a London

cab.



Carbon offsetting could do

more harm than good.

Forests north of the

Tropics retain heat and

actually contribute to

global warming.



A Boeing 747 emits 400

tonnes of Co2 in 24 hours.

It would take 250 cars a

year to achieve this.



Some electric cars aren’t

governed by today’s

safety legislature. In other

words, they can be more

dangerous to the publi c

than normal cars are

allowe d to be .

