October 2009
Tags: 2009, environmental, Fleet, impact, statistics
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VPSI’s Environmental Impact Statistics
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This sounds like fun - cannot wait to see the photos. by BJ Sanders
If you take a look back 20 years, you’ll see Van Pool Of New Jersey, Inc started 10 vanpools... by Stephen May
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Please let me know when this starts! Thanks! by Kachun Wong
Correct gas was $4.00/gal. in 2008 but here we are in 2010 still paying for the $4.00 a gallon when... by Gail DiMartino
Behind the vanpool emissions stats above, in layman’s terms…here’s some equivalencies for 2009 year-to-date:
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from 46,381 passenger vehicles;
CO2 emissions from 588,935 barrels of oil consumed;
Carbon sequestered annually by 57,555 acres of pine or fir forests;
CO2 emissions from the energy use of 23,043 homes for one year;
CO2 emissions from burning 1,322 railcars’ worth of coal;
Greenhouse gas emissions avoided by recycling 87,325 tons of waste
instead of sending it to the landfill;
Annual CO2 emissions of 0.05 coal fired power plants.
This is how you can make a difference by ‘sharing the ride’…get on board!