COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
In this assessment, you will gather data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about make, model, and estimated production year of 30 vehicles. Then, you will calculate fuel use and carbon dioxide production by these vehicles.
For this assessment, address the following:
Choose 30 vehicles and gather data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about make, model, and estimated production year of those vehicles. Create a table for this data.
Visit the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Fuel Economy
Web site at https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Findacar.htm. Input each car’s mileage as 15,000 miles per year and record the combined estimated fuel consumption and annual CO2 emissions.
Record fuel consumption in gallons (1 barrel = 42 gallons for petroleum) and CO2 production in pounds (1 gram = 0.0022 lb). After completing this chart, input the data into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.