https://www.theguardian.com/environment/green-living-blog/2010/sep/23/carbon-footprint-new-car The carbon footprint of a new car: 6 tonnes CO2e: Citroen C1, basic spec 17 tonnes CO2e: Ford Mondeo, medium spec 35 tonnes CO2e: Land Rover Discovery, top of the range The carbon footprint of making a car is immensely complex. Ores have to be dug out of the ground and the metals extracted. These have to be turned into parts. Other components have to be brought together: rubber tyres, plastic dashboards, paint, and so on. All of this involves transporting things around the world. The whole lot then has to be assembled, and every stage in the process requires energy. The companies that make cars have offices and other infrastructure with their own carbon footprints, which we need to somehow allocate proportionately to the cars that are made. GOOGLE A typical passenger vehicle emits about 4.7 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. This assumes the average gasoline vehicle on the road today has a fuel economy of about 21.6 miles per gallon and drives around 11,400 miles per year. Every gallon of gasoline burned creates about 8,887 grams of CO2. So I'm being forced to replace my ancient land rover that's quite happy to run on old chip fat - with Zero impact on the environment - for a new one with a initial carbon footprint of 35 tonnes + a yearly carbon footprint in excess of 5 tonnes makes sense
