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Carbon Dioxide Emissions Per Mile Traveled

What's the cleanest way to travel--car, flight, bus, or bike? The answer might surprise you.

2008 update: See our updated chart on carbon emissions by form of transportation. Please use this one instead.

Caption: Driving alone and flying are among the least climate-friendly forms of passenger transportation.

Publication date: 1997 | Originally published in: Over Our Heads | Topic(s): Energy & Climate Pollution & Toxics Sprawl & Transportation | Graphic type: Chart
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