It can be hard to understand just how much fuel our cars consume. We don’t even see the litres of petrol we pump into our cars as we stand at the bowser, so it is hard to conceptualise the litres and litres of petrol that each of our cars goes through each week.

The folks over at fightglobalwarming.org have come up with a cute diagram to help everyone visualise the amount of fuel and waste that every car produces every day. The image compares the amount of fuel a car consumes each day to the amount of food a human eats each day. The results are scary.

Click on the image below to access the full size image.

Luckily, there are things that we can do to limit the amount of fuel our cars produce. The most obvious step is to drive less. By driving less our cars use less fuel, and produce less waste.

And if you are driving less, why not look into car insurance that is catered for people who drive less. Pay As You Drive car insurance from Real Insurance is the first of this style of car insurance in Australia, and has won lots of awards for doing so.

So help the environment, drive less and pay less with Pay As You Drive car insurance from Real Insurance.