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If you had your own home, what would you do to make it more energy efficient? Where would you get your electricity from? Where would your house be? Would you live near to your school or work or local transit options? Where would you get your food from?
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Car related CO2 production; comparing a traditional with an electric car
My father drives an electric car consuming 16 kwh/100 km (62 miles).
My mother drives a diesel car consuming 5.9 L/100 km.
We buy solar produced electricity. The amount of CO2 necessary to produce 1 kwh of solar energy in about 0.05 kg (see reference). 1 litre of diesel produces 2.68 kg of CO2 (see reference).
I calculated that, the electric car produces 0.8 kg of CO2/100 km and the traditional one 15.8 kg, 20 times more.
The difference is obviously related to the way the electricity is produced: 0.004 kg for 1 kwh if the source is hydraulic, 0.09 kg if is atomic and 1 kg if is carbon (see reference).
I know that an electric car is very expensive and that it would not be an option for everyone but it was interesting to translate my experience in some calculations!
https://people.exeter.ac.uk/TWDavies/en … +fuels.htm
https://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research … lar-panel- create
http://www.econologie.com/europe-emissi … -3722.html
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