Table 6.15 Carbon Dioxide emissions: grams per passenger-kilometre 1
| grams of CO 2 per pass-km |
|---|
Petrol cars | 108 |
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Diesel cars | 103 |
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All Cars (average) | 107 |
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Bus | 95 |
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Motorcycles and mopeds | 75 |
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Passenger rail (average UK - electric and diesel) | 36 |
|---|
Air - long haul 2 | 112 |
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Air - short haul 2 | 148 |
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1. Mostly taken from the annex tables in the 2005 DEFRA Guidelines for Company Reporting on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
These figures are estimated using data for GB/ UK as a whole, so do not relate specifically to Scotland.
2. "Long haul" refers to average journeys of 5,000 nautical miles; "short haul" to journeys of around 500 nautical miles