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carbon dioxide and buses

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A typical bus produces about 1.3 kg of carbon dioxide per kilometer.

The average number of passengers per bus is 9.2 therefore the average amount of carbon dioxide produced is about 90g per passenger per kilometer.

In the UK buses travel 5.2 billion kilometers every year.

UK buses produce 4.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year.

The total emissions from UK road transport are 120 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.

The above figures are as published by DEFRA: www.DEFRA.gov.uk