The Face-off: Prius vs GoLoco
And the winner is, GoLoco!*
When you drive a hybrid, sure you get more miles to the gallon, but it turns out most people drive more miles since it costs them less. The net reduction in CO2 emissions is about 3% for every 10% better mileage the vehicle gets.
In contrast, when you GoLoco, you:
• dramatically reduce CO2 emissions
• dramatically improve passenger miles per the gallon
• reduce congestion
• reduce road wear and tear
• reduce demand for parking
• reduce the number of car accidents (fewer cars means fewer accidents)
• reduce sprawl
GoLoco!
*Individual results may vary depending on percent of trips taken solo versus loco.
Source: Todd Littman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute
"Efficient Transportation Versus Efficient Vehicles" ( http://www.vtpi.org/cafe.pdf )
2 comments:
spurious statistics, don't ya just love 'em?!
The comments are just rubbish with no basis in fact. Greatly variable according - for just one example - to which country. My mileage has reduced significantly since before I got my Prius 4 years ago as I am more aware of environmental issues now. And I no longer fly at all.
Unrelated comment to this post but since I saw no "Contact Us" on your site I wanted to let you know that -
1) you have a typo - "Invite your your friends, colleagues, and classmates to join GoLoco." too many yours...on http://www.goloco.org/static/learn_more?_method=get
2) your logo should link to the Home page/tab.
Keep up the fight!
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