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Reported by Connie K on 8 March 2010 at 06:58PM (Sourcemap Core: Sourcemap 0.9 (Mercury))

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  • Connie Kwan posted Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:58:57 +0000

    On mouse hover over "Carbon Footprint", can we add some information about what kg co2 means?

    For comparison of direct fuel consumption to CO2 emission:

    *  For each (UK-) gallon of petrol fuel consumed, 10.4 kg carbon dioxide (CO2) is emitted.
* For each (US-) gallon of gasoline fuel consumed, 8.7 kg carbon dioxide (CO2) is emitted.

    Source: http://timeforchange.org/what-is-a-carbon-footprint-definition

    For comparison of activities and energy consumption to CO2 emission: Using UK electricity system metric of 0.473 kg CO2/kWh, the following activities generates one kg of CO2 emissions:

    * operating an electric radio alarm clock for 23 days
* a 15 minute shower (or a 7 minute power shower)
* 20 minutes of gas cooking, or one hour of electric cooking
* 6 days of refrigeration (with a modern unit)
* 4 km travel by car, 16 km of travel by bus, train or tube
* Using a computer for 5 working days (9 hours)
* Operating a lift for 40 minutes
* Less than 1% of the distance Heathrow - Paris by air
* Transporting 3 bottles of wine from New Zealand
* Transporting 25% of a Red Snapper from the Indian Ocean
* 9 steak and ale pies made on-site using local produce

    Source: http://www.leonardo-energy.org/what-causes-kg-co2-emissions

  • Matthew Hockenberry posted Mon, 17 May 2010 20:25:08 +0100
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