2. Environmental impact of freight transport
Essential to our lifestyles, mobility is a source of environmental and health pollution: the transport sector is the leading emitter of greenhouse gases (30% of emissions in France in 2016) and the leading consumer of petroleum products. On a local scale, air pollution, noise and the consumption of space affect the quality of life of the population.
2.1 Consumption of non-renewable resources
In France, the energy used by the transport sector depends almost exclusively on oil, making it the leading consumer of petroleum products.
As far as goods transport is concerned, the motorized vehicles used are mainly powered by the following energy sources:
diesel fuel, for almost all commercial...
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Bibliography
Websites
ADEME http://www.ademe.fr
GHG and Carbon Footprints http://www.bilans-ges.ademe.fr/
Controlling fuel consumption in road transport http://www.energeco.org
Standards and norms
- AFNOR Greenhouse gases – Part 1: Specifications and guidelines, at the organization level, for quantifying and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and removals - NF EN ISO 14064-1 - 2018
- AFNOR Méthodologie pour le calcul et la déclaration de la consommation d'énergie et des émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES) des prestations de transport (fret et passagers) - NF EN 16258 - 2012
IATA RP 1678...
Regulations
Law no. 2001-420 of May 15, 2001 on new economic regulations.
Constitutional law no. 2005 – 205 of 1 March 2005 on the Charter of the Environment.
Regulation no. 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 18, 2009 (Euro VI standard).
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