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> passenger vehicles are responsible for 61% of CO2 emissions in Europe The EC disagrees with you on this one, quoting 12%. The share is nowhere near 61% even
by ttkari 4y ago
> passenger vehicles are responsible for 61% of CO2 emissions in Europe
The EC disagrees with you on this one, quoting 12%. The share is nowhere near 61% even in the US.
https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/transport-emissions/road-transport-reducing-co2-emissions-vehicles/co2-emission-performance-standards-cars-and-vans_en https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/transport-emissions/r...
- toomuchtodo 4y agoThank you for catching my typo, I have edited my comment. The citation for the stat is 3:45-3:51 on https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=360761996193121 https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=360761996193121 (“Facebook live with Jan Huitema, European Parliment”).
- gzer0 4y agoThe lady speaking is not Jan Huitema. Jan Huitema is the other person on the live. IMO, I would not trust this as a source at all. To each their own.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoAlternate source: https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-transport https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-... > Road transport constitutes the highest proportion of overall transport emissions — in 2020 it emitted 77% of all EU transport GHGs (including domestic transport and international bunkers).