Okay, I'm back and ready.
Yesterday, I got my first gas and electric bill in my new house. It's an 1,100 square foot townhouse, middle of group. It has radiator heat and window AC units.
The bill was for 45 days usage, as I moved in at the end of July. In that time, I used 1258 kWh of electricity, for an average daily usage of 28 kWh. According to the bill, the average temperature was 76 degrees.
I also used 12 therms of natural gas, or 0.3 therms a day. I haven't used the heat yet, so my natural gas usage comes from cooking and hot water. One therm equals approximately 94 cubic feet of natual gas. So my daily usage of natural gas is 28 cubic feet.
Let's not forget my daily 4.8 gallons of gas for travel.
Using the calculations for carbon dioxide emissions in pounds found on SafeClimate, my average daily CO2 emissions total 135.26 lbs.
Here's the breakdown:
Gasoline: 93.86 lbs
Electricity: 37.52 lbs
Natural Gas: 3.88 lbs
Clearly, gasoline has the most potential for cutting CO2 emissions. If you recall a couple weeks back, I found that for a 20 mpg vehicle, one pound of CO2 was emitted for every mile driven. Which put my CO2 emissions for daily travel at 10.8 lbs. That doesn't equal what I've found in the calculation above.
I'll work on finding the reason for this. If you have an answer, email me at materialprofits@taipangroup.com. Use the subject line, "CO2 Emissions."
That's all for today.
S.R. Nunnally
Editor, Material Profits
The Taipan Financial News Network
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