Global Warming and CO2 Emission

• Coal fired plants, which produce half of the electricity in the country, emit more CO2 per megawatt than do natural gas plants.
• Natural gas emission is 14 Mt (Metric tons of carbon)/Billion BTU, crude oil is 20, and coal is 26.
• A northeast household emits 5 tons of CO2 or 1.3 tons of carbon per year.
• The US emits 5.5 billion tons of CO2/year or 20 tons of CO2/capita/year.
• World CO2 emissions in 1990 were 21 billion tons/year.
• Total US energy usage is about 100 Quads or 10^17 BTU/year.
• Total World energy usage is about 300 Quads.
• Since Pat Robertson says that we exhale CO2, so what can you do about it, I calculated that all human body energy production is only about 1/10 of world energy consumption, so we are concerned about the 10 times more CO2 that we produce in energy consumption than in breathing.
• One-eighth of California's power comes from coal-fired plants in Utah, Nevada, and the Great Basin. (LA Times, March 14, p. A11)
• President Bush says his campaign promise to reduce CO2 emission was a mistake, since it is not an official pollutant.
• He wants government funding to replace old dirty coal-burning plants.
• His budget reduces energy conservation and renewables research by 30%.
•  Global Warming Links (Canada)
•  Global Warming Links
•  NY Times Coverage of the Climate Change Science Report
•  Climate Change Science Report by the National Research Council This report was chaired by UCI Chancellor Ralph Cicerone, and included UCI Nobel Laureate F. Sherwood Rowland.  It was commissioned by the Bush Administration.
•   Climate Change Science, the NAS Report
•  Chancellor Cicerone's interview on PBS Newshour
•  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IGCC) Report
•  President Bush's June 11 Talk on Global Warming
• One thing not included in this talk was a proposal to apply the same emission standards to SUVs as to automobiles.  According to the LA Times editorial of June 10, this would bring us half-way to meeting the Kyoto standard.
•  EPA Global Warming Site