What is the carbon footprint of commuting?
What is the carbon footprint of commuting? The impact of driving to work Here's how that translates into CO2 emissions in each year in different types of personal vehicles: Small car (35 MPG fuel economy): 2.1 tons. Midsize car (20 MPG fuel economy): 3.9 tons. Full-size car/SUV (14 MPG fuel economy): 5.7 tons.
What transport does not pollute the environment?
The cleanest modes of transportation are walking and biking. Walking to and from the store will not only get you closer to your daily step goal, it will not contribute to air pollution. If you biked one kilometer to the store, your bike's emissions score would be 8.
How bad is commuting for the environment?
Beyond individual risks, commuting contributes to an increase in air, water, and noise pollution that affects residents of an area as well as the local ecological communities.