I want to have a lesson for my Earth/Environmental classes that looks at transit and the carbon footprint of the choices we make.
I was thinking of having the students plan a trip within the US and see what can be done without a personal automobile. As much as I would like to stay in the metric system being a science class I assume these numbers are going to be easier to come by on a per mile basis.
CO2 per mile for a taxi (25 mpg)
CO2 per mile for a city bus (I found out that Greensboro has one of the largest EV bus fleets in the country and certainly our state but still mostly diesel buses on our streets.)
CO2 for a trip on a subway for a larger city if that is what is visited.
CO2 per mile for an intercity bus (would that be different than city transit. I assume not.)
CO2 for a plane landing and taking off as that seems to be a large part of the planes CO2 emission and then
CO2 per mile for a plane while cruising. Is there a big difference between a smaller jet that serves my local PTI versus the large jets that serves a NYC or London?
CO2 per mile for Amtrak for Diesel
CO2 per mile for Amtrak for the NEC and the electrified routes in Michigan.
What am I leaving out?
Does anyone have reasonably up to date numbers? Would trade groups that deal with these different modes of transport have numbers they are willing to give out to the general public? I likely will have the students price the trip out as well but that is the easy part with all the websites, though I likely will give them a budget to deal with.
I was thinking of having the students plan a trip within the US and see what can be done without a personal automobile. As much as I would like to stay in the metric system being a science class I assume these numbers are going to be easier to come by on a per mile basis.
CO2 per mile for a taxi (25 mpg)
CO2 per mile for a city bus (I found out that Greensboro has one of the largest EV bus fleets in the country and certainly our state but still mostly diesel buses on our streets.)
CO2 for a trip on a subway for a larger city if that is what is visited.
CO2 per mile for an intercity bus (would that be different than city transit. I assume not.)
CO2 for a plane landing and taking off as that seems to be a large part of the planes CO2 emission and then
CO2 per mile for a plane while cruising. Is there a big difference between a smaller jet that serves my local PTI versus the large jets that serves a NYC or London?
CO2 per mile for Amtrak for Diesel
CO2 per mile for Amtrak for the NEC and the electrified routes in Michigan.
What am I leaving out?
Does anyone have reasonably up to date numbers? Would trade groups that deal with these different modes of transport have numbers they are willing to give out to the general public? I likely will have the students price the trip out as well but that is the easy part with all the websites, though I likely will give them a budget to deal with.