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What can Oregon do to cut back on CO2 emissions in the atmosphere?

What can Oregon do to cut back on CO2 emissions in the atmosphere?. By: Rhianna Wallace and Miles Phillips. Pacific Northwest CO2 Emissions Per Capita in 2007. Ways Oregon is already cutting back on CO2 emissions. Department of Environmental Quality 2010-2012 budget $36,839,623

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What can Oregon do to cut back on CO2 emissions in the atmosphere?

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  1. What can Oregon do to cut back on CO2 emissions in the atmosphere? By: Rhianna Wallace and Miles Phillips

  2. Pacific Northwest CO2 Emissions Per Capita in 2007

  3. Ways Oregon is already cutting back on CO2 emissions Department of Environmental Quality 2010-2012 budget $36,839,623 Works closely with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Oregon Low Emissions Vehicle Program Oregon Clean Diesel grant and tax credit program Tax credit programs for home appliances, heating, air systems and vehicles

  4. Our IdeaNatural Gas Turbines vs. Coal Power Pros • Natural Gas Turbines • 45% efficiency • Emits less CO2 • Saves money Cons • Coal Powered Turbines • 34% efficiency • Produces Co2, So2, Coal Ash, No2 • Increases particulates in the ozone

  5. Data Average home uses 11,040 kWh of electricity per year Average conventional steam turbine (coal) CO2 emissions: 325 g C/kWhe Best available combined-cycle gas turbine CO2 emissions: 140 g C/kWhe Molecular weight of carbon = 12 Molecular weight of CO2 = 44

  6. Coal Equation 11,040 kWh x 325 grams carbon/ kWhe= 3.59 x 106 gram carbon = 3.59 Tonnes Convert into Tonnes CO2 44/12 x 3.59 Tonnes = 13.16 Tonnes Co2

  7. Natural Gas Equation 11,040 kWh x 140 grams carbon/ kWhe = 1.55 x 106 Grams Carbon = 1.55 Tonnes Carbon Convert into Tonnes Co2 44/12 x 1.55 Tonnes Carbon = 5.68 Tonnes CO2 Coal:13.16 Tonnes CO2, Natural Gas: 5.68 Tonnes Co2 13.16 Tonnes CO2/5.68 Tonnes CO2 = 2.3 Tonnes Co2

  8. Limitations We used the average American home in kWh not the average Oregonian Home We used our CO2 emission numbers from 2006 not the most current numbers

  9. Conclusion If Oregon does its part to lower emissions maybe other states will lower their emissions causing a domino effect across the nation. If USA lowers emissions and signs treaties like the Kyoto Protocol the world attitude toward CO2 emissions might change!

  10. World Comparison CO2 Emission by Country

  11. Sources www.deg.state.or.us http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions Ristinen, Robert and Jack Kraushaar. Energy and the Environment. 2006. John Wiley & Sons Inc., Hoboken, NJ. pgs 326-348. http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/homepage.nsf/oregon/oregon-ppa

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