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It has been calculated that in the US between 1994 and 2002, about a million extra tonnes of fat was added to the collective american skeleton. As fat is about 3/4 carbon, this means US citizens 'sequestered' nearly three million tonnes of carbon dioxide about their person (US emits about 1500mt in total). More on calculation from New Scientist. More in 'Fat'
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Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Food Waste Report estimates that we discard 1/3 of the food we buy, equal to 6.7 mt of carbon (Food Waste pdf p4). Food production, processing, distribution and storage accounts for about 20% of all GHG emissions. If food waste was reduced to zero, there would be a saving of about 7% of all UK GHGs. More in "Sustainable Food" - another EP@W site.
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Christian Aid have calculated that the UK 'carbon footprint' is not 2% but more like 2-15% of global total - by taking into account the UK’s extensive global reach through companies such as those listed in the FTSE100.
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Virgin boss Branson says: "Airlines can cut carbon dioxide emissions by 25% in 2 years". His Pendolino trains advertise in March 2007 as: "emit 76% less CO2 than cars and planes." |
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According to Delft Hydraulics, every tonne of palm oil results in 33 tonnes of carbon dioxide - about a third lost from the drained peat bogs and the rest because forests have been burnt to make way for the plantations. That is 10 X more than petrol produces. There are 2 billion tons of CO2 lost like this in Indonesia and Malaysia - about 8 percent of the globe's fossil fuel emissions
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A proposed M1 road widening scheme will generate more than 186,000 tonnes a year extra CO2. But no financial cost was assigned to these emissions when this scheme was approved. In January 2007, the DfT told road builders to add a cost of £70 for each tonne of carbon emitted in project calculations. £70 is a quite arbitrary sum. It means that under the New Approach to Appraisal (Nata) rules for assessment, this amounts to costs of £750 million due to C02 - compared with 'benefits to travellers in terms of time' of £4.5 billion. No contest there. More in New Statesman
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Dont forget the "e" in "CO2e". When the extra N2O emission from biofuel production is calculated in “CO2-equivalent” globalwarming terms, and compared with the quasi-cooling effect of “saving” emissions of fossil fuel derived CO2, the outcome is that the production of commonly used biofuels (biodiesel from rapeseed and bioethanol from maize corn), can contribute as much or more to global warming by N2O emissions than cooling by fossil fuel savings. And, fill up an SUV's fuel tank with ethanol and you have used enough maize to feed a person for a year (Economist: End of Cheap Food) More at Biofuels Issues
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The total emissions of the Chinese imports to the UK is 78.2 million tonnes of CO2. This makes up 12 % of the total emissions of the UK - if they were to be included in the UK’s figures. More from Natural Choices |
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1 PPM (Part per Million) = 2.1 Billion tons of Carbon |
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