Resource sheet 1
Average car emissions = 170g CO2/km.
Average train emissions = 130g CO2/km.
Average bus emissions = 80g CO2/km.
190 days per school year.
9 million school pupils in the UK.
90 000 pupils cycle to school in the UK.
32 million cars in UK.
180 million UK air passengers per year.
Return Flights
London – Ibiza 0.4 tonnes CO2 per passenger
Birmingham – Miami 1.6 tonnes CO2 per passenger
Manchester – Perth 3.4 tonnes CO2 per passenger
Belfast – Paris 0.2 tonnes CO2 per passenger
How to find:
The number of people living in your town:
www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=8271&Pos=2&ColRank=1&Rank=224
The emissions from a particular make of car:
www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/search/search.asp
The emissions from a flight: