If you deal to sell your automobile or simply yen to memorize besides approximately your impression on the universe, you can spring from a not difficult system for discovering the emissions that your van produces. This course utilizes the U.S. Branch of Vigour's (DOE) Fuel Economy website. The DOE emission estimates take into account both a car's carbon footprint and the air pollution it emits.
Instructions
1. Visit the DOE Fuel Economy website (see Resources section). You will need to know the year, make and model of your car. You can easily find this information in the owner's manual for your car. For example, if you own a 2002 Toyota Corolla, at the DOE Fuel Economy website you would first select "2002" as the year, "Toyota" as the make and "Corolla" as the model.
2. Choose your car based on its number of cylinders and transmission type. This area will tell you the annual tons of CO2 (carbon dioxide) and other materials that a car like yours typically emits. You can also see how your car compares to other cars in terms of CO2 emissions. For example, a 2002 Toyota Corolla emits 6.1 tons of CO2 annually.
For example, after you select "2002 Toyota Corolla," you will see three options: a manual 5-speed transmission, an automatic 4-speed transmission or an automatic 3-speed transmission. Click on the option that corresponds to your car.3. Scroll down and look under the "Carbon Impact" section of the next page. This falls at the lower end of the range the DOE measures, which spans from 3.5 tons per year (for a car with a small carbon footprint) to 16.2 tons per year (for a car with a large carbon footprint). This measurement includes carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane emissions and considers every step from fuel production to refining, distribution and use.
4. Look at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Air Pollution Score in the next section. The EPA measures the air pollution score on a scale of 0 (the worst) to 10 (the best). In this scenario, the 2002 Toyota Corolla received a rating of 2. Air pollution includes any pollutants that cause smog or harm people's health.
