The relationship between fuel consumption and carbon emissions in Canada using multiple regression analysis and recommendations for Vietnam

Abstract

Climate change has been one of the most severe issues nowadays. The overuse of greenhouse gases hurts us, leading to things such as contributing to respiratory disease, extreme weather, and food supply disruptions. This paper is the analysis of the relationship between fuel consumption and carbon
emissions in Canada to emphasize on the importance of factors that affect climate change. We get the data from the Government of Canada website for Canada’s part and Macrotrends for Vietnam’s one. In this paper, the method is to use multiple regression analysis to determine the relationship between
fuel consumption and carbon emissions. Multiple regression analysis allows to explicitly control for factors that simultaneously influence the dependent variable. The result is that vehicles, especially the more they are used, make a direct impact on and proportional to carbon dioxide emissions.
Therefore, it is necessary to invest in cleaner transportation to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions and enhance people’s quality of life in the low-carbon economy. We have the recommendation for Vietnam, specifically, improving the public bus system is one of the suitable options in accordance
with Vietnam’s infrastructure.