3 tonnes equivalent CO2 emitted by each European

Scientists eventually convinced that to avoid a catastrophic worsening of warming of the Earth, going to have to divide by four gas emissions greenhouse by 2050. If the public is willing to better isolate his house or use lamps low consumption, he forgets that his way of eating affects his personal involvement in the progression of CO2 emissions. His computer, multiplying the more or less important commands, he generates deliveries and trucks on the roads.

The life of a European train allows it to possess fifteen times more objects than his grandparents. According to the calculations of the Agency for energy management (Ademe), it consumes each year about 700 kilos of food products, 14 kilos of textiles, 155 kilograms of packaging and 18 kilos of electronic and electrical products. The whole contributes to circulate a truck carrying 20 tons of freight over 400 kilometres per year to manufacture the goods and send them to the store. Transportation is the first consumer of petroleum products, and therefore the emitter of CO2 (35 of the total).

The ideal would be to go, walk to the corner market, neither heated nor air conditioned, brings together merchants supplying with less transport. "It is not backward-looking nostalgia, but we are going to learn how to adopt new modes of life sober carbon", explains Jean-Marc Jancovici, consultant specialist of climate issues, which has developed the concept of "carbon footprint" for companies. According to him, a purchase of vegetables on the Internet is still more efficient in energy terms, because professional optimizes its tours in clients, unless... vegetables grew in the Netherlands. Carbon footprint is disastrous. "The hope is that Internet users more carefully read messages on the products and preferably choose articles eco-designed", said Nadia Boeglin, expert of the Ademe.

Freight represents about 10 of the 9.3 tonnes equivalent CO2 emitted by each European. Because they serve all of the points of origin and arrival, they are flexible, adapt to just-in-time policies companies and have continued to improve their performance, heavy-duty conquered the freight market. The road represents 80 of the traffic inside, compared to 74 in 1994 to 58 in 1984. The share of rail has plummeted 14 and the River is stagnating. However, to move a load, Ademe experts have calculated that a combined transport train emits 130 times less CO2 than a heavy weight. Freight represents about one-third of all vehicles in the city, and consumes almost half of diesel fuel.

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If it is difficult to change the behaviour of citizens, cities like Gothenburg and Copenhagen to promote the more efficient trucks reserving certain areas of delivery channels. Are affected vehicles of less than eight years, with particulate filters and filled at 60-65. London newspaper carriers pay the same price as individuals for access to the city centre. Munich has set a goal of having 40 of supply by rail!

Other cities have created logistical areas urban ("elected"), equipment for the global reorganization of shipments with an urban edge distribution platform use of clean vehicles for Terminal delivery. The shopping streets then build a home point vehicles that allows removal and removal. Finally, businesses must in theory have a sas to deliver outside peak hours. It is not always easy solutions to be applied in a former urban environment such as the France.