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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