Volvo Cars claims it was the world’s first car maker to introduce EPIs (Environmental Product Information) for cars (in 1998).- Idling a [gasoline] car engine for more than 10 seconds emits more pollution than turning it off and back on again. – Honolulu Advertiser 6/15/2009
- 3 billion gallons (11 billion liters) of vegetable oil are discarded annually. Restaurants pay to dispose of this energy source. – Bill Nye on Planet Green
- By 2020 there be more than 1 billion cars on Earth.
240 trees are needed to absorb the 12,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emitted from one U.S. car each year. – Environmental Defense Fund
Five Friday Facts
by Justin Manger on July 10th, 2009
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