Another big contributor is construction. If cement were a country, it would sit behind only China and the US for CO2 emissions. Affordable, strong and brilliantly effective it may be, but its production has a hideous impact. Yet it continues to be the second most consumed substance on Earth, behind only water.
Estimates vary, but as a rough guide, the production of one tonne of cement creates 72,500g of CO2 – the equivalent of driving a87 miles. Around four billion tonnes of cement were produced in 2020, according to industry estimates, which adds more zeros to the equation than my calculator can handle. Then there’s aviation. A Boeing 737-400 emits only around 115g per kilometre per passenger of CO2, but that’s rather undone by the fact that some four billion passenger flights are made each year. Perhaps the most alarming statistic is that aviation emissions have doubled since 1987. That’s a terrifying and evidently unsustainable growth curve.
Yet do we want to live without meat or dairy, concrete or flying? The availability and expansion of each has enriched lives, so it’s far better to try to preserve what we have than stop it. Likewise the car.
Don’t put a cat on them! Pets can produce as much CO2 as a car. No one talks about that…..
Gonna change to a car based diet
That’s it. Ban animals.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 what a load of 💩
Oh don’t say that. I’ve recently moved jobs from the car manufacturing industry to a dairy 😭😭
Here we go... 🙄
You might want to refer to harrym_vids on this one. UK grass fed beef and dairy herds are not the same.
Probably true and if that's the case we'll all need to reign in our economic activities and go back to a more sustainable/local economy. A major change would be involved here.
Of course automobiles arnt the only issue area but they are a great place to target taxes & penalties whereas no government has ever tried taxing cows/sheep or raising green taxes on the world oceans The car and it’s drivers are an easy target as has been the case for decades