greentomatogroup
greentomatoenergy is part of the greentomato group of businesses

The greentomato group provides a variety of products and services which help people and businesses to reduce their carbon footprints, without requiring dramatic lifestyle changes:

greentomatocars – London’s environmentally friendly taxi service
(www.greentomatocars.com)

the greentomatokit – energy saving kit for the home
(www.greentomato.org)

greentomato office – a low cost, practical way for SMEs to reduce their environmental impact 

greentomatoenergy - an energy services company of the future
(www.greentomatoenergy.com)

To find out more about the greentomato group, feel free to send an email to mailto:mail@greentomato.org

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Flying is actually more efficient than driving

Truth: It is true that a single person in a car cruising... read more

Flying is actually more efficient than driving


Truth: It is true that a single person in a car cruising down the motorway at 70mph, uses more energy per kilometre travelled per passenger than a plane. But when a car travels more slowly it becomes much more efficient. And obviously, putting 5 people in a car makes it use 5 times less energy per passenger!


UK-wide statistics suggest that – on average – flying uses around 1.3 times more energy than driving.


The real problem is that on one return flight to Australia you travel over 30,000km, a distance that the average person drives in 2.5 years...