Derby Telegraph tells us about a scheme to use low-emission pool cars for Derbyshire health workers.
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust teamed up with Co-wheels just over a year ago to introduce 10 Toyota Aygo cars primarily for the benefit of health workers, often travelling to remote parts of the county.
In the first year of the Co-wheels trial, pool car users transferred 54,900 miles from their own higher polluting vehicles and saved an estimated 5.3 tonnes of CO2.
So that's saved about 0.000000015% of global CO2 emissions for 2013. Scale those 10 cars up to about 68 billion cars and Derbyshire could solve the global warming issue.
That's only 10 cars per capita for the global population - aren't we getting close to that?
ReplyDeleteDon't be cruel, AK, every little 0.000000015% helps!
ReplyDeleteThese two above took my words away.
ReplyDeleteBut will Matlock be under water when the sea levels rise?
ReplyDeleteSackers - we are, but how do we each drive ten cars to save more CO2?
ReplyDeleteDavid - I know - I shouldn't be sniffy about squillionth of a squillionth of a degree of warming.
James - so that's more CO2 saved!
Demetrius - if it is they will sell boat trips. Enterprising folk in Matlock.