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Sharing a trip with one other person immediately cuts the emissions in half by taking a car off the road. On average a carpool saves 527.8 gallons of gasoline and 4.5 tons of CO2 each year. The average family purchases 1,143 gallons of gas per year.
Go to http://www.carpooltool.com/en/my/whycarpool.php for more info.
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http://www.carpooltool.com/en/my/whycarpool.php
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Daox says:
I thankfully can carpool with my wife 4/5 days a week. This saves us putting 160+ miles a week on our other car.
posted 09/11/09 at 10:48 AM
mandriloquai says:
The tought part of carpooling is differing schedules. However, it also works out if you only do carpooling during one part of a round trip.
posted 06/04/08 at 05:16 PM