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Your journey's average emissions

Our calculator shows the average emissions based on the number of people travelling on a bus vs other modes of transportation.

So whether you're travelling to your workplace or popping into the city to meet up with friends; out carbon calculator can help you work out the average emission when planning a journey by bus.

Simply complete the fields to find out more!

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Disclaimer
Greenhouse gas emissions are expressed in Carbon Dioxide equivalents (C02e) per passenger per mile.
g CO2e = grams of Carbon Dioxide equivalents.

g CO2e/passenger per mile for the modes of transport shown above are:
Diesel Car Icon316g - Diesel Car - 275g (Direct Emissions) - 41g (Indirect Emissions)
Petrol Car Icon323g - Petrol Car - 274g (Direct Emissions) - 49g (Indirect Emissions)

The emissions shown above are the sum of both Direct Emissions (Tailpipe) and Indirect Emissions (Well to Tank)
Source data for the different modes of transport is from the DfT and can be found on the governmentwebsite in table ENV0701 at:
www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/energy-and-environment-data-tables-env

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