Global Warming — What’s Your Score? In the United States, a typical household of two people generates approximately 41,500 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions every year from household activities and personal transportation. Pounds of Co 2 EmittEd PEr YEar Emissions sourCE Office of Air and Radiation Office of Atmospheric EPA-430-F-08-010 June 2008 United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation Office of Atmospheric Programs EPA-430-F-08-010 June 2008 Emissions sourCE Pounds of Co 2 EmittEd PEr YEar
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Global Warming —
What’s YourScore?In the United States, a typical household of two people generates approximately 41,500 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions every year from household activities and personal transportation.
Pounds of Co2 EmittEd PEr YEar
Emissions sourCE
Office of Air and RadiationOffice of Atmospheric
EPA-430-F-08-010June 2008
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air and Radiation Office of Atmospheric Programs
EPA-430-F-08-010June 2008
Emissions sourCE
Pounds of Co2 EmittEd PEr YEar
aCtions You Can takEGlobal Warming —
What Can You Do?If you took all of the actions on this wheel card,
you could save 14,400 pounds of
carbon dioxide (CO2) annually
and over $1,600 from your
annual home energy bill
and gasoline costs.
Resources
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency climate change website: www.epa.gov/climatechange
Energy Star website: www.energystar.gov
For more precise calculations and a summary of assumptions used in this wheel card: www.epa.gov/climatechange/calc
Pounds of Co2 You Can savE
aCtions You Can takE
Pounds of Co2 You Can savE
1,100 lbs./year
700 lbs./year
300 lbs./year
•Buyavehiclethatgets10milespergallonmorethanyourcurrentone.
•Reducethenumberofmilesyoudriveby25milesperweekbywalking,biking,carpooling,combiningtrips,ortakingmasstransitinstead.
•Recyclehalfofyourpotentially
recyclablematerials(paper,
plastics,glass,magazines,
aluminum
andsteelcans).
•Reduceyourw
astegenerationby25percent.
• Replace1075-wattincandescentlightbulbswith20-wattEnergyStarlights.
• ReplaceoldrefrigeratorwithanewEnergyStarmodel.
• Turnupyourairconditioner’s thermostatby2degreesFahrenheitinsummer.
3,600 lbs./year
900 lbs./year
•Tu
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•Rep
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400 lbs./year
500lbs./yearHome Heating
Transportation
Ele
ctri
city
UseGlobal Warming — WhatCanYouDo?
Waste Disposal
7,700 lbs./year
15,500lbs./year
31,000 lbs./year Onaverage,howmanymilesdoyouputonyourcar(s)perweek?Ifyouhavemorethanonecar,usethetotalnumberofmilesperweekforallyourcars.
• 200miles
• 400miles
• 600miles
Wha
tisyou
raverag
emon
thly
heatingbill?
Pickclos
est
amou
nt.
•$5
0
•$1
00
•$2
00
Whichofthefollow
ingscenariosbestdescribesyourhousehold’swastedisposalpractices?
•Wedon’trecycleatall.
•Werecycleabouthalfofall
recyclablematerials(paper,plas-
tics,glass,magazines,alum
inum
andsteelcans).
•Werecycleeverythingw
ecan.
Whatisyouraveragemonthlyelectricbill?Pickclosestamount.
•$50
•$100
•$200
10,800lbs./year
21,600lbs./year
32,300lbs./year
2,000lbs./year
1,600 lbs./year
1,100 lbs./year
5,10
0lbs./year
10,200
lbs./year
20,500
lbs./year
Waste Disposal
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lectricity Use
Home Heating
Global Warming — What’sYourScore?
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