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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 12:54 AM Original message |
How much CO2 is in a gallon of gasoline? |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. Someone may correct me on this but I believe that |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 03:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Eight atoms of carbon and 10 of hydrogen... |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Linky: How can 6 pounds of gasoline create 19 pounds of Carbon dioxide? |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. too much considering |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 01:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Don't get too bent out of shape about home heating |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 02:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Hey, I had the gas guy here earlier in the week |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Get a little electric space heater to get you through the rough times. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 02:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. It's Santa Barbara |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I know exactly what you went through. I'm down in the San Fernando Valley. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. There are "carbon calculators" on the web, but... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 02:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I always feel like the carbon calculators |
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GreenZoneLT (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. I think we're worrying about the wrong end of the equation |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. I did the calculation for lightbulbs here in Nov-05. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 02:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Excellent! |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. What desal plant? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. The desalination plant for water |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Which one? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It's a boondoggle, but it's OUR boondoggle... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. If the plant did run, it would have required significant energy. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. At the same time the plant was built |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I left California just about that time. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Question: what energy density for coal did you use? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Without having the calculation in front of me, I generally ballpark coal |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Let's redo the calculation with 25 MJ/kg |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Thanks. In any case the carbon impact of a single light bulb is enormous |
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