Which Cities Are Worst For CO2 Emissions?
Saturday, 27. December 2014
When people move house they tend to look for certain things in the area into which they are planning to move. Ease of access, closeness to schools with high teaching standards, where the shops are, likelihood of flooding etc. etc. But it is felt that a new credential is starting to surface, as a result of which those crazy girls and boys at Confused.com have carried out a survey in order to help.
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What is this new credential? Obviously it is the greenness of your nearest town or city. What they did was look at every car registered to an area and calculated the average CO2 emissions figure.
Now I have to say girls and boys this isn’t the most scientific way of arriving at the greenest and dirtiest towns and cities across the land but it is a start and must have nicely filled a few otherwise boring days with something productive and incredibly useful (better than sitting in front of your PC’s playing Candy Crush – just).
In terms of cities, and according to Confused.com, London is the worst of all for CO2 emissions, followed by St Albans (is that a city?) then Brighton & Hove. This is what Gemma Stanbury, head of motor at Confused.com, had to say, ‘With so many Brits relying on their cars for work and other commitments, it’s unrealistic to think that people will be able to do without their cars.
But it’s encouraging to see that many drivers are making an effort to become greener.’ Are they? I have to say Gemma that I don’t have many clients that make their final decision based on the car’s CO2 unless they are looking at the benefit in kind implications which is more of a financial decision rather than a ‘save their local environment’ decision.
In case you are at all interested here are the vitally important stats in the event you are considering a move in the near future:
| Town | Emissions Per Car
CO2 g/km |
| Peterborough | 142.03 |
| Portsmouth | 146.69 |
| Stirling | 147.38 |
| Worcester | 150.21 |
| Glasgow | 150.35 |
| Birmingham | 150.58 |
| Durham | 151.36 |
| Sunderland | 153.10 |
| Exeter | 153043 |
| Gloucester | 154.08 |
