Can you go on foot? If the distance is short, avoid the car. Find out about the free ride and the use of biofuel. The transport sector is the one that causes the greatest impact on air quality, and the mode of road transport is responsible for 90% of emissions of polluting gases and CO2 from transport, according to the National Inventory of Atmospheric Emissions by Road Motor Vehicles.
Today, the estimated fleet in Brazil is around 36 million vehicles, including cars, light commercial vehicles, buses, trucks and motorcycles. To give you an idea, a medium-sized car running thirty kilometers a day will emit an amount of greenhouse gases that would need 17 trees growing for 37 years to absorb it, according to CETESB (Companhia Ambiental do Estado de Sao Paulo).