Cars.com's Carbon Offset Update
We announced earlier this month that Cars.com is offsetting all the emissions from the cars we test. Each week we get a handful of cars for review purposes, to shoot video of and to blog about.
Below is a rundown of the first batch of results of our fuel use and how much it would cost a normal consumer to offset each car’s CO2 emissions if it were driven 12,000 miles a year.
2008 Infiniti M35 Sport (review)
Total gallons: 20.705
Amount of CO2 emitted: 405.07 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $64.35
2008 Saturn Astra XR (review w/video, Friday Fleet Notes)
Total gallons: 7.3 gallons
Amount of CO2 emitted: 142.82 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $44.55
2008 BMW M3 sedan (review w/video, Friday Fleet Notes)
Total gallons: 19.568
Amount of CO2 emitted: 382.83 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $64.35
2008 Mini Cooper S Clubman (review w/video)
Total gallons: 7.368
Amount of CO2 emitted: 144.15 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $49.50
2008 Mini Cooper Clubman (Weekend Athlete)
Total gallons: 12.75
Amount of CO2 emitted: 249.44 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $44.55
2009 Acura TSX (review, Friday Fleet Notes)
Total gallons: 28.097
Amount of CO2 emitted: 549.69 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $49.50
Total gallons: 95.788
Total CO2: 1874 pounds
That's nearly one ton of CO2.
To determine the cost of offsetting your own car’s emissions, go to this link.
All cost figures above are rounded up.
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