What's my carbon footprint for a 500km drive from Malacca to Penang?
I was curious to figure out what is the carbon footprint of my car and a 500km journey. A bit of googling, I figure out from US EPA that 1 US gallon of gasoline produces about 8.788 kg of CO 2 or 2.321544 kg of CO 2 per litre . My car's mileage is about 0.065 litres/km or 15.4 km/litre. So, for a 500km journey from Melaka to Penang should consume about: 500 km x 0.065 l/km = 32.5 litres of petrol. So, the CO 2 released for burning 32.5 litres of petrol: 32.5 litres x 2.3215 kg/l = 75.45 kg of CO 2 Finally for my journey from Penang - Malacca - Penang: 2 x 75.45 = 150.90 kg of CO 2 for this weekend holiday trip. Bad bad boy... Anyway, Happy Diwali to my Indian... :-)