TABLE 8.
Context of carbon sequestration impact 2015: Car equivalents.
| Crop/trait/country | Additional carbon stored in soil (million kg of carbon) | Potential additional soil carbon sequestration savings (million kg of carbon dioxide) | Soil carbon sequestration savings: as average family car equivalents removed from the road for a year (‘000s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| US: GM HT soybean | 774 | 2,840 | 1,262 |
| Canada: GM HT soybeans | 67 | 247 | 110 |
| Argentina: GM HT soybean | 2,043 | 7,496 | 3,332 |
| Brazil GM HR soybean | 1,385 | 5,082 | 2,259 |
| Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay: GM HT soybean | 469 | 1,722 | 765 |
| US: GM HT maize | 1,497 | 5,495 | 2,442 |
| Canada: GM HT maize | 15 | 54 | 24 |
| Canada: GM HT canola | 263 | 964 | 428 |
| Global GM IR cotton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brazil IR maize | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Us/Canada/Spain/South Africa: IR maize | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South America: IR soybeans (included in HT soybeans above) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 6,513 | 23,900 | 10,622 |