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Geothermal is a carbon-light energy source, writes Nina Shen Rastogi: According to recent life-cycle analyses by Argonne National Laboratory, geothermal power plants emit between 18.7 grams to 103 grams of CO2-equivalent per kilowatt-hour -- polite little hiccups compared with the 1,234.9 g/kWh belched out by coal or the 487 g/kWh by natural gas.
Wonkbook: What matters for jobs; the Tea Parties vs. the appropriators; would more stimulus have saved the Dems? Ezra Klein 2010
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They find that global emissions from dams is about 300 million tons of CO2-equivalent per year.
David Kroodsma: This Week in Climate Science: Yellowstone Wildfires, Sea Levels and Shorebirds, and Fracking Accounting David Kroodsma 2011
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Well then you created 0.3 grams worth of CO2-equivalent emissions -- about the same amount as driving three feet in a car.
E-Mail's Carbon Footprint Siel Ju 2010
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Here goes: I got 131 "proper e-mails" yesterday, the CO2-equivalent emissions of driving 5,240 feet -- almost a mile!
E-Mail's Carbon Footprint Siel Ju 2010
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According to the Guardian, each "proper e-mail" creates 4 grams of CO2-equivalent emissions -- equivalent to driving 40 feet.
E-Mail's Carbon Footprint Siel Ju 2010
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Send me an e-mail with a long and tiresome attachment, and you've burned through a whopping 50 grams of CO2-equivalent emissions.
E-Mail's Carbon Footprint Siel Ju 2010
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Here goes: I got 131 "proper e-mails" yesterday, the CO2-equivalent emissions of driving 5,240 feet -- almost a mile!
E-Mail's Carbon Footprint Siel Ju 2010
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Send me an e-mail with a long and tiresome attachment, and you've burned through a whopping 50 grams of CO2-equivalent emissions.
E-Mail's Carbon Footprint Siel Ju 2010
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Well then you created 0.3 grams worth of CO2-equivalent emissions -- about the same amount as driving three feet in a car.
E-Mail's Carbon Footprint Siel Ju 2010
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According to the Guardian, each "proper e-mail" creates 4 grams of CO2-equivalent emissions -- equivalent to driving 40 feet.
E-Mail's Carbon Footprint Siel Ju 2010
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