A year with Family &
Friends
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Lisa & I continue to track our carbon
footprint each year because "you can't manage what you don't
measure".
We've made amazing progress reducing our emissions
since 2005, and hit another record low in 2019.
Emissions from travel have plummeted as the two of us
continue avoiding air travel and drive ever more efficiently:
this year primarily in an incredibly fun used Tesla.
We also started replacing our home's natural gas appliances with
heat pumps... we will see most benefits next year.
Next up: an induction cook-top for Lisa! It just keeps
getting easier.
Emissions
factors used
1 kWh of SVCE electricity = 0.0 lbs
CO2e
1 therm of natural gas = 13.5 lbs CO2e
1 gallon of gasoline = 20 lbs
CO2e
1 passenger mile of air
travel = 0.5 lbs CO2e
1 CCF (748 gallons) water in Bay Area = 2 lbs CO2e
1 passenger mile of train travel = 0.25 lbs CO2e
1 serving of Beef = 12 lbs (and 1 CCF of water); Cheese: 5.4 lbs;
Pork = 4.8 lbs; Poultry = 2.8 lbs CO2e