Mike Berners-Lee and Duncan Clark, 'What's the carbon footprint of ... a new car?'
The Guardian, 23 September 2010.
This provides the following data for the embodied emissions of manufacturing a new car:
Citroen C1, 6t CO2e
Ford Mondeo, 17t CO2e
Land Rover Discovery, 35t CO2e
Electric buses are, of course, larger than these but require fewer component parts than fossil fuel equivalents, so we have assumed a broad similarity between a bus and a conventional (petrol-burning) Land Rover, i.e. 35t CO2e per bus. Given an existing bus population of around 39,000 to be converted and the same number of new buses to be manufactured gives a total of 2.76Mt CO2e.
Instead, a radical transformation of society is required which will include our transport system. Now guess where this quote comes from:
“Climate change is an existential threat to humanity. Without global action to limit greenhouse gas emissions, the climate will change catastrophically with almost unimaginable consequences for societies across the world.”
FROM https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/net-zero-review-interim-report
Another apocalyptic warning from climate activists? No, it is the opening statement of an interim report on achieving net zero by 2050 from the ultra-conservative UK Treasury! The unthinkable is becoming thinkable.
Here we tackle another unthinkable – the abolition of the private car as we transition to a net zero world. Can we live without the private car and, if so, what are the implications for jobs?
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