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TravelCars and buses that run on gasoline or diesel emit CO2. If you live only a short distance from school or work, you will emit less CO2 than if you drive long distances every day. Emissions will be even less if you opt for the train or bus rather than your car. And if you ride your bike or walk, you do not emit any CO2 at all. But if you do drive a car, you emit less if you drive a vehicle that uses the least amount of gasoline per kilometer. You can also car pool – that is, share a ride with other people going in the same direction. The most polluting way to travel is by plane, so you emit far less if you travel by train. |
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ElectricityIf you save electricity, you minimize the need for energy from power plants that use coal, oil, or natural gas. Even if you live somewhere where much of the electricity comes from hydropower, windmills, or nuclear reactors, saving electricity reduces emissions of greenhouse gases. This is because the power grid connects power plants and consumers in many countries.
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Most of the goods and services we buy contribute to the emission of greenhouse gases. The richer we are, the more we tend to consume of goods and services – and thus the more we emit. But some activities emit a lot, while other emit little. So there are a large number of choices you can make if you want to contribute to reducing emissions. For example, you can choose goods that are locally produced, which reduces the emissions associated with transportation. |
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Author: Camilla Schreiner - CICERO (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo) - Norway. Scientific reviewers: Andreas Tjernshaugen - CICERO (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo) - Norway - 2004-01-20 and Knut Alfsen - Statistics Norway - Norway - 2003-09-12. Educational reviewer: Nina Arnesen - Marienlyst school in Oslo - Norway - 2004-03-10. Last update: 2004-03-27.
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