Carbon dioxide is found in water as a dissolved gas and can dissolve 200 times faster than oxygen.
"The energy needed to move, treat, and use water in the US for both residential and commercial purposes produces nearly 290 million metric tonnes of CO2 annually – the equivalent of 5% of the nation's overall carbon emissions."
The average American produces 5.91 pounds of trash every day. When each piece of trash is made up of 40-50% carbon dioxide, it makes a lot of pollution.
For a household, the total emissions of food waste are 10-30%! While production costs and waste for food are all the way at 68%! Transportation waste narrows down all the way to 5%.
Colorado citizens use a below-average amount of Kilowatt hours per month. At only 706 KWH Coloradans use a whopping 202 KWH below the national average.
LED bulbs are much more efficient than incandescent bulbs. They can last 50,000 - 100,000 hours. Incandescent bulbs are very inefficient. You would have to buy about 50-100 incandescent bulbs to have them last as long as a single LED bulb. They are also relatively similar in price.
If food waste was a country, it would be the third-largest producer of carbon dioxide in the world.
Did you know 8 tons of emissions per household are produced by food waste alone! That's near 17% of the world's total emissions. Also, another half of the carbon emissions are just from livestock and agriculture.
$218 Billion worth of food is wasted every year in America alone! That translates to 72 Billion pounds of food, which takes up 21% of space in landfills and uses 21% of fresh water in the US.
Burning a gallon of gas emits 9 kilograms of CO2.
Burning a gallon of diesel will emit about 10 kilograms of CO2.
In 2018, 28% of all greenhouse gas emissions were from transportation. Of those emissions, 59% were from cars, 23% were from trucks, 9% were from aircraft, 2% from rail, 2% from boats, and 5% from other sources.
Food Sources: Feeding America, Food products
Waste Sources: Food accounts
Water Sources: Michigan Seagrant, BBC, Water
Electricity Sources: Energy Resource Center, Stouch Lighting - Lighting, Electric Choice
Transportation Sources: EPA