More than just a cheaper car rental marketplace, Spagg is also an excellent way to reduce your carbon emissions. Each day of rental is estimated to offset 3.7 lbs of CO2, equivalent to using 29 compact fluorescent light bulbs.
When customers rent cars with Spagg, they are improving the utilization of vehicles already on the road. Spagg customers are avoiding manufacturing new vehicles that will sit on parking lots of car rental companies waiting to be rented.
And reducing car manufacturing saves the environment from all of its industrial pollutants. For instance, it is estimated that as much as 20% of a vehicle’s lifetime carbon footprint is emitted by the automotive industry to build a car from ore. That is equivalent to 6 metric tons of CO2!
But how does it translate to carbon offset for Spagg customers? Well, a typical car in the US is used in average 10 years, or about 3,650 days. You can easily conclude that for every3,650 day rentals done by Spagg, you will prevent in average one additional car to be manufactured, offsetting those 6 Tons of CO2. That means that each daily rental is equivalent to 6T/3,650 or 3.7 pounds (1.64kg) !
To reach 3.7 lbs CO2 offset during a single day, you will need to change 29 light bulbs with the low-emission technology.
Sources: Automotive engineer online, June 2007; thebulb.com; Earthtrends; Spagg analysis
