Highways speed limit in Germany would reduce CO2 emissions by 2M tonnes
My first thought was, &quot;Is 2 million tons of CO2 a lot?&quot;<p>According to Wikipedia, &quot;Human activities emit over 30 billion tons of CO2 per year...&quot;[1], so that&#x27;s 0.007% of yearly CO2 emissions. Germany alone emits 700 million tons of CO2 per year, so that would be 0.3% of their share.[2]<p>It seems like increasing adoption of electric vehicles would do a lot more to solve this problem. Ground transportation is responsible for 161 million tons per year in Germany (23% of their emissions).<p>1. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Carbon_dioxide#In_Earth&#x27;s_atmosphere" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Carbon_dioxide#In_Earth&#x27;s_atmo...</a><p>2. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ourworldindata.org&#x2F;co2&#x2F;country&#x2F;germany" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ourworldindata.org&#x2F;co2&#x2F;country&#x2F;germany</a>