beep@piefed.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoStudy of Over 120 Million Car Trips Finds Speeding Only Saved Drivers an Average of 54 Seconds, While Costing Americans Billions and Releasing 57,000 Tonnes of CO₂ Annuallywww.natureasia.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up196arrow-down1external-linkStudy of Over 120 Million Car Trips Finds Speeding Only Saved Drivers an Average of 54 Seconds, While Costing Americans Billions and Releasing 57,000 Tonnes of CO₂ Annuallywww.natureasia.combeep@piefed.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square13linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarecomrade19@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 days agoThis isnt the same scale though! How much co2 did it use on average! (I dont like speeding but this is annoying)
minus-squareNo_Maines_Land@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days ago57,000 tonnes per day 365 days / 250,000,000 vehicles in the USA 83 Kg CO2/veh days or 30,375 tonnes/veh annually.
minus-squarecomrade19@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days ago83kg of co2 per day per car does seem like it’s worth not speeding for
This isnt the same scale though! How much co2 did it use on average! (I dont like speeding but this is annoying)
57,000 tonnes per day
/ 250,000,000 vehicles in the USA
83 Kg CO2/veh days or 30,375 tonnes/veh annually.
83kg of co2 per day per car does seem like it’s worth not speeding for