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Your Current Household Emissions
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Enter your data
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Pounds of carbon
dioxide/year
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The Basics
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How many people live in your home?
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How do you heat
your house?
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Transportation
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On average, how many miles do you put on your car(s) annually?
Averages is approximately 12.000 per year
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What is the average gas mileage for your car (miles per gallon)?
If you don’t know your car’s fuel economy, you can look it up at
https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/byclass.htm.
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of carbon dioxide/year
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Home
Energy
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What is your average monthly electric bill? $100 is about
average in the United States for a household of two people.
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of carbon dioxide/year
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What is your average monthly gas bill? $105 is about average in the United States
for a household of two people.
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of carbon dioxide/year
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What is your average monthly fuel oil bill? $130 is about average in the United States
for a household of two people.
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of carbon dioxide/year
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Waste
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Based on the number of people in your household, the box at
right shows your estimated greenhouse gas emissions from waste. However, if
you currently recycle certain materials, your waste emissions may be lower.
2,036 pounds is about average for a household of two people over a year.
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Total Waste Emissions Before
Recycling
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Pounds
of carbon dioxide/year
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Which
of the following products do you currently recycle in your household?
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Do you recycle newspaper?
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Pounds
/ Year
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Do you recycle glass?
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Pounds
/ Year
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Do you recycle plastic?
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Pounds
/ Year
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Do you recycle aluminum and
steel cans?
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Pounds
/ Year
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Total Waste
Emissions After Recycling
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Pounds
/ Year
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Your
Total Emissions
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41,500 pounds is about average in the United States for a
household of two people over a year
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What
You Can Do to Reduce Your Emissions
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Suggested
actions
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Pounds of CO2 you could avoid
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On
the Road
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Are you in the market for a new car? Buy a vehicle that gets
more miles per gallon than your current one.
The Fuel Economy Web site (www.fueleconomy.gov) can
help you find efficient vehicles
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more
miles per gallon
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Give your car a break. Reduce the number of miles you drive by
this amount. (miles
per week)
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Walking, biking,
carpooling, telecommuting,
and using mass transit are good options.
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At Home
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Turn down your thermostat by
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degrees F on winter
nights (number of
degrees)
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pounds/yr
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Dropping the heat at
night can make a difference.
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Replace 75-watt incandescent light bulbs with 25-watt ENERGY
STAR lights. enter
the number of bulbs you will replace
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pounds/yr
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You'll get the same amount of light for less energy and lower
monthly bills. By replacing the five most frequently used lights in your home
with ENERGY STAR qualified lighting, you can save about $60 each year in
energy costs.
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Replace your old refrigerator with an ENERGY STAR model. Will
you take this action?
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pounds/yr
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Replace old gas or oil furnace or boiler with an ENERGY STAR
model. Will you take this action?
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pounds/yr
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Turn
up your air conditioner thermostat by
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degrees
F number of
degrees
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pounds/yr
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Replace single-glazed windows with ENERGY STAR windows. Will you
take this action?
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Waste
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Are
you willing to start recycling the material(s) you don't currently recycle
(review the items you checked in the waste emissions section above)?
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Could you also recycle magazines?
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If
you took all the actions listed above, you would reduce your emissions
by
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or
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of your total
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Your new total annual CO2 emissions would be
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