TABLE 7.
Carbon storage/sequestration from reduced fuel use with GM crops 2015.
| Crop/trait/country | Fuel saving (million liters) | Permanent carbon dioxide savings arising from reduced fuel use (million kg of carbon dioxide) | Permanent fuel savings: as average family car equivalents removed from the road for a year (‘000s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| US: GM HT soybean | 198 | 528 | 235 |
| Canada: GM HT soybeans | 18 | 47 | 21 |
| Argentina: GM HT soybean | 277 | 739 | 329 |
| Brazil GM HR soybean | 188 | 501 | 223 |
| Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay: GM HT soybean | 64 | 170 | 75 |
| US: GM HT maize | 145 | 387 | 172 |
| Canada: GM HT maize | 7 | 19 | 8 |
| Canada: GM HT canola | 71 | 191 | 85 |
| Global GM IR cotton | 13 | 35 | 16 |
| Brazil IR maize | 31 | 83 | 37 |
| Us/Canada/Spain/South Africa: IR maize | 4 | 11 | 5 |
| South America: IR soybeans | 40 | 108 | 48 |
| Total | 1,056 | 2,819 | 1,254 |
Notes:
1. Assumption: an average family car produces 150 g of carbon dioxide per km. A car does an average of 15,000 km/year and therefore produces 2,250 kg of carbon dioxide/year
2. GM IR cotton. Burkina Faso, India, Pakistan, Myanmar and China excluded because insecticides assumed to be applied by hand, using back pack sprayers