Sentences with phrase «estimates of the carbon footprint»

Estimates of the carbon footprint vary wildly, but Christopher Goodall, a businessman turned climate crusader who calculated the impact of everything from miniature refrigerators to vacation travel for his book How to Live a Low - Carbon Life (Earthscan, 2007), puts it at three pounds of CO2 per pound of cotton.

New, gadolinium - based PV technologies are said to be as high as 40 % efficient, but I have not seen any estimates of their carbon footprints and could not guess, because I do not know how they are manufactured.

I have often seen huge differences in estimates of the carbon footprint of nuclear power, ranging from 2 to 288 g CO 2 e / kWh.

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Going by Digiconomist's estimates, bitcoin's annual carbon footprint is close to 16,000 kilotons of carbon dioxide.

The Avocado's Carbon Footprint: One study estimates that the carbon footprint of avocados is 5 times higher thanFootprint: One study estimates that the carbon footprint of avocados is 5 times higher thanfootprint of avocados is 5 times higher than bananas.

By going solar Turtle Island will save an estimated 127,000 liters of diesel fuel per year, significantly reducing their carbon footprint.

Yet the carbon footprint of prefolds, estimated at 570 kg of CO2 equivalent over 2 1/2 years in laundering alone, outweighs that of disposables, at 550 kg of CO2 equivalent.

«It kind of gives you a picture,» said Kreider, who said he travels mainly by bicycle and estimates his carbon footprint is about a third of the average American's.

A report from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, estimated that throughout its entire life, a large building made mostly from wood would have a carbon footprint a third smaller than a comparable one made from steel or concrete.

The carbon footprint estimates of these products were then combined with a measure of their effectiveness in preventing burglary with entry available from previous studies, known as the security protection factor (SPF).

Environmental declarations detail carbon footprint estimates (along with other environmental impacts) of individual products.

A new study, which estimates the carbon footprint of burglary prevention measures, has found that the best options from both an environmental and security point of view are door and window locks.

«We estimated that a solar panel's carbon footprint is about twice as high when made in China and used in Europe, compared to those locally made and used in Europe,» said Fengqi You, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Northwestern and corresponding author on the paper.

The analysis, published this month in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, stops at actual wine production, which other studies estimate represents roughly 20 % of a bottle's total carbon footprint.

To calculate the cost of eradicating extreme poverty, the researchers first set about estimating the carbon footprints of the world's poorest and richest people.

The carbon footprint of a vehicle provides the best estimate of how much greenhouse gas pollution a particular vehicle will produce.

In fact, the Niro plug - in, with 26 miles of electric range and an EPA estimated 105 MPG - e, has the smallest carbon footprint of all model year 2018 crossovers, earning ASG's Best Environmental Performance Award.

A new study, The carbon footprint of global tourism, is causing a stir, with news sources writing headlines like Global tourism's carbon footprint is four times bigger than thought, study says or Tourism's carbon impact three times larger than estimated.

Americans who want to play this game have a much better tool in Abogo, which uses more databases of information to really estimate the carbon footprint of where you live.

The statement estimates, and then dismisses, the pipeline's massive carbon footprint and other environmental impacts, because, it asserts, the mining and burning of the tar sands is unstoppable.

The authors say: «Without accounting for greenhouse gas emissions from land use change, the carbon footprint of food produced and not eaten is estimated at 3.3 Gigatonnes [billion tonnes] of CO2 equivalent: as such, food wastage ranks as the third top emitter after the USA and China.

The study, published Monday in Nature Climate Change, compiled data on 160 different countries to arrive at a global estimate of the tourism industry's carbon footprint.

Since the mobility projects started in 2016, Loja has reduced its carbon footprint by an estimated 5,000 tons of CO22.

Previous estimates didn't take into account the carbon footprint of the goods and services related to tourism.

Using the UN's «medium fertility» population growth rate projection and the assumed higher per capita carbon footprint plus the assumption that 50 % of the emitted CO2 will «remain» in the atmosphere, we arrive at an estimated atmospheric CO2 concentration of 640 ppmv by 2100.

At the end of the calculator, you will be presented with an estimated carbon footprint and a recommendation to balance all or a portion of your footprint with a corresponding volume of verified Carbon Offsets from BEF.

Sea level rose faster in the 20th century than in any other century of the last 3,000 years, new methods for estimating future sea level rise and heat waves, consumers to blame for their carbon footprint, and new virtual forests predict future impacts of climate change.

It is estimated the carbon footprint of sea trade could more than double by 2040.

Imagine the lower carbon footprint (carbon dixoide emissions from mining and production of precious metals for electronics is estimated to be about 0.1 % of the global emissions), and lower environmental and human impact of just reusing many of those materials, rather than mining them.

The EPA «will not be able to use an international indirect land use change when it estimates the carbon footprint of ethanol and biodiesel» for «at least six years.»

Full Grown furniture is estimated to have only one - quarter of the carbon footprint of conventionally mass - made furnishings.

These forests store an estimated 37.7 billion tons of carbon, which is 29 times the carbon footprint of all passenger vehicles in the world.

Carbon Foot Print: The EPA estimated in 2007 that agriculture accounts for 18 % of the U.S. carbon footprint.

, Fast Company estimates: «150 tons of CO2 equivalent, similar to the output of 15 Hummers or 20 average Americans for an entire year, and a 16 % increase over the carbon footprint of a typical print publication.»