The Huge Environmental Impact of Cars

GWellHome. Improve the westher inside THE HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF CARS In the U.S., cars are a ubiquitous part of our daily lives. With more than 250 million cars, that is nearly one car for each person in the country. In the near future, developing nations such as China and India will begin to see extreme growth in the total number of cars on their roads. The growing auto markets in these burgeoning economies will have a significant impact on both fossil fuels and the environment. Let's take a closer look at this impact. USA TOTAL CARS ON THE ROAD: Roughly 250 million 2010 OVERALL OIL CONSUPTION: 2010 OIL CONSUMED PER CAR: 13,800,000 2.34 gallons of oil/day/car barrels/day or roughly 419,750,000 OIL 31 72.5 gallons of oil/month/car barrels/month 5,037,000,000 barrels/year [There are *42 gallons of oil per barrel] 870 gallons DEC of oil/year/car 2010 CO2 EMISSIONS FROM EACH CAR: 2010 TOTAL CO2 37 Ibs EMISSIONS: of CO2/day/car 3,441,000,000,000 31 1,147 Ibs of CO2/month/car Ibs of CO2 per year 13,764 Ibs of CO2/year/car DEC That means it would take 2,867,500,000 It would take acres of rain forest 68,820,000,000 trees per year to absorb the amount of current CO2 that is being put into our atmosphere by transportation. per year to absorb the current amount of CO2 that is being put into our atmosphere. It would take 16.3 days of constant flowing water from Niagra Falls to fill the number of barrels of oil the U.S. uses on transportation each year. CHINA TOTAL CARS ON THE ROAD: Roughly 62 million 2010 OVERALL OIL CONSUPTION: 2010 OIL CONSUMED PER CAR: 32,800,000 2.15 gallons of oil/day/car barrels/day or roughly 31 65 gallons 97,333,333 OIL of oil/month/car barrels/month 1,168,000,000 791 gallons DEC of oil/year/car barrels/year PREDICTED # OF CAR ON THE ROAD IN 2020: 140 MILLION 2020 TOTAL OIL CONSUMPTION: OIL 1 Roughly 40 MILLION barrels/day 2010 CO2 EMISSIONS FROM EACH CAR: 37 Ibs 2010 CO2 EMISSIONS of CO2/day/car FROM EACH CAR: 853,368,000,00 31 1,147 Ibs of CO2/month/car Ibs of CO2 per year 13,764 Ibs Of CO2/year/car DEC 2020 AVERAGE PREDICTED CO2 EMISSIONS: 20,943,700,000O,000 lbs That means it would take It would take approximately 17,067,360,000 1,745,308,333 trees per year to absorb the acres of rain forest amount of CO2 that Chinese to absorb that transportation produces. amount of CO2. The current amount of oil that China is using on transportation is equivalent to just under half the amount of water in the Sydney Harbor. E INDIA TOTAL CARS ON THE ROAD: Roughly 70 million 2010 OVERALL OIL CONSUPTION: 1,200,000 2010 OIL CONSUMED PER CAR: 0.7 gallons of oil/day/car barrels/day or roughly 36,500,000 OIL 31 22 gallons of oil/month/car barrels/month 438,000,000 barrels/year 263 gallons DEC of oil/year/car PREDICTED # OF CAR ON THE ROAD IN 2020: 280 MILLION 2010 CO2 EMISSIONS FROM EACH CAR: 37 Ibs 2010 CO2 EMISSIONS of CO2/day/car FROM EACH CAR: 31 1,147 Ibs of CO2/month/car 963,480,000,000 Ibs of CO2 per year 13,764 Ibs Of CO2/year/car DEC 2020 AVERAGE PREDICTED CO2 EMISSIONS: 4,409,200,000,000 lbs That means it would take It would take 80,290,000,000 19,269,600,000 trees per year to absorb the amount of CO2 that acres of rain forest to absorb that amount of CO2. Indian trasportation is producing. The current amount of oil that India is using on transportation is equivalent to roughly 5.3 days worth of the Amazon River's flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. THE WORLD TOTAL CARS ON THE ROAD: Roughly 700 million PREDICTED # OF CAR ON THE ROAD IN 2020: 1 BILLION PROJECTED OIL CONSUMPTION BY CARS AT U.S.RATE IN 2020: OIL 2020 DEC 870,000,000,000 gallons/year PROJECTED CO2 EMISSIONS FROM CARS AT U.S. RATE BY 2020: 13,764,000,000,000 lbs Sources: http:/howstuffworks.com/2010-subcompact cars-buying-guide.htm http:/enwikipedia.org/wikiist_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions http:/www.instituteforenergyresearchorg/2010/08/D6/china-world%e2%80%99s-largest energy -consumersurpasses-the-u-s/ hittp:/wwwmarketresearch.com/product/asp?productid-2750221 http:/www.indexmundi.com/map/?v-91 hitp:/wwwautoblogcom/2010/01/04/report-numberof-cars-in-the-u--dropped-by-fourmillion-in-20/ hittp:/webworldbank.org/wbsite/external/countries southasiaext/extsarregtoptransport/0,contentmdk20694248 pagepk34004173"pipk34003707 thesitepk579598,00 html http:/www.eastwestcenterorg/fileadmin/stored/misc/futurepoplDenvironment,pdf http:/wwwworldchanging.com/archives/D0170 html http:/wwwpersonaltours toronto.on.ca/niagara-info html http:/www.epa.govotag/consumerf00013.htm hitp:/www.theoildrum.com/node/6699 http:/www.akhilesh life/india/vision2020.php http:/wwwunique-southamerica-travel-experience.com/amazon-riverhtml