CO2 saved by car pooling
The average commute is 8.7 miles
each way or 17.4 miles a day. So if two people are sharing a car they will take a car off the road, saving 5.9 kg CO2 (if a car emits 0.339 kg CO2 per mile
- 17.4x0.339=5.899), and each will make a saving of 2.95 kg CO2 each time they car pool.
So if you can't bear to get rid your car you can still take a car off the road by carpooling, the pools are springing up all over the UK. Here is a selection for starters:
Lift-share
: Good site that has hundreds of thousands of members and over a million journeys registered.
You need to register, add your journey then wait for the emails/calls.
You can use facebook for carpooling.
www.evite.com: When someone replies to an invite sent from www.evite.com, they can tick an option that says "I'm interested in carpooling". Here's how it works: http://www.evite.com/pages/carpool/how.jsp
CarBUDI: Part of the liftshare solutions scheme you can register for free and Liftshare also runs WalkBUDI, BikeBUDI and TaxiBUDI
http://www.rideshare.co.uk/
www.carshare.com gives a selection of car pooling clubs nationwide.
National CarShare
