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groar's co2 emission thread
I have done a CO2 emission accounting for my family, or at least I tried...
Here are my emissions (based upon French figures) :
The total is 6944.07 kg/year of CO2. As Earth can absorb 1.8 ton/year of CO2 by human and we are a family of 3, we are generating 1544 kg/year too much. Nearly what we are saving by eco-driving and electricity saving (1696 kg/year). This total is certainly not complete, but we are probably far from 6.2 tons/year/people as a French. The biggest saving is eco-driving and my wife and I are still improving... The grey energy is the biggest guesstimate : I consider 20% of what we buy (food, appliances, cars...) is energy cost, then change this cost to CO2 by considering French electricity. For the cars I considered 1/10 of buying price. For the house I considered 1/8 of CO2 emission by house consumption. Some ways to improve :
I ordered the assembly to connect the electricity meter to a computer. I'll use it to trace the consumption in near real time and use my measures with the wattmeter to identify the consumptions and try to optimize. Denis.
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Last edited by groar; 02-15-09 at 04:13 PM.. Reason: Completed Grey Energy table and updated totals... |
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