Latest figures in the UK Transport and Climate Change data factsheets - 26 March 2009, show that in 2007 the UK produced over 540 million tonnes of CO2.
Transport producing 173.2 million tonnes of CO2.Of this 173 million tonnes, private cars were responsible for 44.3%, HGVs were responsible for 15.2%, and vans were responsible for 8.3%.The Government use a ‘basket’ of six Green House Gases consisting of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, sulphur hexafluoride, perfluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons.
The provisional data for 2008 show CO2 emissions to be 531.8 million tonnes.
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