This chart tells a story, doesn’t it?
The approximate value for Lear Jet CO2 emissions is thanks to a calculation on http://benzzo.co.tv/learjet-fuel-consumption and is based on values from the DOE site http://www.eia.doe.gov/ Here is the Entrance script for producing the chart:
plot rotatedbarchart
skyblue bar,
all axislabels,
datalabels right
with
no collar
no outlines
baroverlap 0
barwidth .85
barseparation 5
no sides
no xaxis
no labels x
no ticks x
scale x 0 1800 600
frame insets 175 40 85 0
select
`grams_per_km`,name, concat(grams_per_km, ' g/km')
from co2_emissions
union
select
1766, 'Lear Jet', concat(1766, ' g/km')
order by grams_per_km
;
Finally, here’s sample data for the various cars:
“grams_per_km”,”name”
“383″,”Escalade”
“346″,”Hummer”
“324″,”Corvette”
“268″,”Escalade Hybrid”
“198″,”Mercedes Benz clc class”
“140″,”BMW Series 1″
“167″,”Subaru Forester”
“148″,”Accord”
“119″,”Volvo v70″
“119″,”Ford Fusion”
“116″,”Ford Fiesta”
“104″,”Toyota Prius”
“101″,”Honda Insight”