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Tres Madres Inteligentes
Tara 123456 Erica 2345678 ReAnne 3456789
May 25, 2011
Super Outstanding Oh Yeah!
Table of Contents
Introduction / Executive Summary
1-4 All About our Families
5 San Francisco Bay Area Emissions
6 California Emissions
7 US Emissions
8 – 11 World Emissions
12 Comparison
13 – 14 Proposal for Change
15 Summary
16 References
It’s All About FamiliesWe are all in our thirties, working
single mom’s with dependant
children while pursuing higher
education.
The three of us are Students,
Parents, & Employee’s we drive a
lot!!!!
We cook, maintain our homes, &
family activities (vacations, sports,
commuting, & more),
If we want it we have to have it now!
We do try and recycle however
purchasing recycled products can
be costly.
Ultimately we depend on cheap and
convenient.
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Energy
Our average electrical usage is 6,828 Kwh annually
Our average natural gas usage is 360 Therms annually
Transportation
Our average mileage annually is 20,532 miles
Water
Our annual average usage is 157,224 gallons per household
For cooking, watering our gardens, drinking, bathing and normal daily activities
Our Carbon Footprint Contribution
calculator Home Average Trans-
portation
Average
PG&E 3.308 3.878 5.360 4.15 19.033 7.333 3.737 10.02
Yahoo
Green
3.6 4.7 10.6 6.3 13.5 8.0 5.7 9.07
Carbon
Footprint
0.03 0.07 0.10 .07 10.61 8.24 3.86 7.57
US
Environ-
mental
Protection
Agency
4.084 2.042 2.042 2.72 20.033 7.719 3.934 10.56
Terrapass 5.342 3.56 10.106 6.34 17.135 8.323 4.132 9.86
Cool
Climate
Network
7.5 7.5 8 7.66 11 16 13 13.33
Tara Erica Raeann Tara Erica Raeann
www.pge.com/myhome/environment/calculator/
www.green.yahoo.com/living-green
www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator/aspx
www.epa.gov/climaterchange.emissions/ind_calculator.html
www.terrapass.com/carbon-footprint-calculator/
http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/uscalc
Total population for
these 9 counties is
7,116,481
With a total carbon
footprint of 35.81 mil
tons
Average 5.032 tons
of C02 per capita in
the San Francisco
Bay Area
California's Carbon Footprint Score:
#46
California's Carbon Emissions Score:
#2
California Percentage of Population
that Carpool 13%
California State Hybrid Vehicle
Ownership Ranking #1
The United States of America
The US ranks first in carbon dioxide emissions
according to the World Resources Institute, five
countries (the US, China, Russia, Japan, and India)
contribute more than 50% of the worlds total carbon
dioxide emissions. The US ranks first contributing 22%
of the total.
CO2 Emissions most
recent by country by
thousand metric tons
# 1 United
States:5,762,050
# 2 China: 3,473,600
# 3 Russia: 1,540,360
# 4 Japan: 1,224,740
# 5 India: 1,007,980
# 6 Germany: 837,425
# 7 United
Kingdom:558,225
# 8 Canada: 521,404
# 9 Italy: 446,596
# 10 Mexico: 385,075
Proposal for Change
On a National Scale
Eat less meat
Use a tank less water heater
Replace inefficient heating
systems with energy star heaters
Replace windows with double or
triple pane
Put weather stripping around
doors and windows
Install a programmable
thermostat
Invest in a pellet stove
Go solar
Maintain your vehicle, it creates
less carbon emissions when
working efficiently
Carpool
Ride a bike to school and/or work
Proposal for Change
What can we do?
Ride bikes with our families instead of
driving
Use a clothes line to dry our clothes
Change appliances to energy star
appliances and donate the old ones to
needy families
Buy a water filter instead of bottles water
Go digital . . . For example e-books
Do your grocery shopping in a single trip
Don’t rinse dishes before loading the
dishwasher
Install dual flush toilets
Replace showerheads with low flow
fixture
Collect rain water for watering your
garden
Summary
Carbon emissions to global
warming and are caused by the
burning of fossil fuels. They create
the largest percentage of the
greenhouse effect.
The US ranks first in carbon
dioxide emissions according to the
World Resources Institute, five
countries (the US, China, Russia,
Japan, and India) contribute more
than 50% of the worlds total
carbon dioxide emissions. The US
ranks first contributing 22% of the
total.
With proper education and
implementation of reducing carbon
emission we can decrease our
carbon footprint.
Websites and Research Cited
References
http://answers.askkids.com/Nature/what_are_carbon_emissions
http://rankingamerica.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/chart-of-c02-emissionsxls.jpg
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06081.html
http://www.eia.gov/state/state-energy-profiles-data.cfm?sid=CA
http://www.eredux.com/states/transportation.php?id=1111&state=CALIFORNIA
http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=li
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06081.html
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/env_co2_emi-environment-co2-emissions