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How many days per week do you drive alone to work? |
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What is your round-trip commute (in miles per day)? |
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How many miles per gallon does your vehicle average? |
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How much do you pay per gallon of gasoline? |
$
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How much do you pay for monthly parking? |
$
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What is your cost per mile for maintenance, insurance,
license, registration, depreciation, finance charges and
taxes? |
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Average is .42 cents
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Results:
You drive an average of
work-related miles per week.
You drive an average of
work-related miles per year
This is the equivalent of driving
times across the continental US each year
You consume about gallons
of gasoline per year for your work commute
You spend about
in gasoline, parking, insurance, maintenance, license
registration, depreciation, finance charges and taxes
per year
Your work-related driving emits approximately
pounds of greenhouse gases
(CO2) into the atmosphere each year.
It would take the 40-year lifetime of
trees or fully
matured trees per year, to absorb your yearly emissions
* Estimates calculated using information provided by
Terrapass and
Tufts University
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