Chapter 20Green Six Sigma and Green Transports
Global warming is causing the loss of living species at a level comparable to the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
—Al Gore
20.1 Introduction
The various forms of transport that we use daily contribute only 14% of the total global greenhouse gas emissions. Thus this sector ranks fourth behind energy, land and industry. However, if you were to ask a random person which activities pollute most, that person probably would say burning coal for energy, driving cars and travelling by plane. Although transportation is not the biggest cause of emissions worldwide it is high on the list in the US and Europe where people drive and fly a great ...
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