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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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Air travel is one of the fastest growing sources of greenhouse gases (BBC)
Below is a table showing us estimated C02 emission by plane and train.
CO2 emissions per passenger...
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| Journey: |
Out & back by plane... |
Out & back by train... |
| London to Paris by Eurostar |
3.5 hours, 244 Kg/CO2 |
2.75 hours, 22 Kg/CO2 |
| London to Edinburgh |
3.5 hours, 193 Kg/CO2 |
4.5 hours, 24 Kg/CO2 |
| London to Nice |
4 hours, 250 Kg/CO2 |
8 hours by Eurostar+TGV, 36 Kg/CO2 |
| London to Barcelona |
4.5 hours, 277 Kg/CO2 |
Eurostar then overnight sleeper, 40 Kg/CO2 |
| London to Tangier |
5 hours, 435 Kg/CO2 |
48 hours by Eurostar, sleeper trains & ferry, 63 Kg/CO2 |
Source: The Observer, 29 January 2006 & www.eurostar.com. Times are centre-to-centre, each way. Kg/CO2 is for a return journey.
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