If the average motorist does 400kms per week in a 2L petrol car then 19 trees are needed to absorb all the CO2 for the year. That doesn’t sound much really. With 700 million vehicles on the road globally (2005) that means there is a need to plant around 13000 million trees. If each tree occupies 20m2 (area of 4 x 5 m) then the total land mass of new trees needed is an area the same size as either the UK, Ecuador or New Zealand.

Do you have a friend who you think should know about savetheplanet. You can invite them to visit the site here... If anyone has a special point to make then lets hear it in our forum.

Find exactly what you are looking for by using the site search tool below.