The table below shows carbon dioxide emissions from transport in three different Eroupean countries.

The given table demonstrates the amount of carbon dioxide released from transportation in three distinctive countries over a period of ten years, between 1994 and 2004. Looking from an

overall

perspective, it can be seen that the main source of discharging carbon dioxide was road transport, particularly in Germany, the amount was much higher than in any other nation but

then

witnessed a downward trend.

However

, there was

also

an increase in the

last

three categories, namely railways, civil aviation and shipping. Out of the four sources, road transport occupied a predominant share of carbon dioxide emissions with the highest amount in Germany, at 43,9 and 43,7

tonnes

in 1994 and 2004 respectively. Meanwhile, CO2 emissions from railways and shipping of the three countries fluctuated by over 1 million

tonnes

. All the figures for civil aviation between the two years grew, especially 1,2 to 1,4

tonnes

in France.

Similarly

,

this

trend was true for all domestic transport since the CO2 releases of the United Kingdom and France soared considerably up to 36,0 and 38,7

tonnes

,

while

Germany still took the most significant part but decreased.