Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emission List

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Annual Emissions and Fuel Consumption for an Average Passenger Vehicle:

Passenger vehicle fleet is 63.4% cars and 36.6% light truck (includes SUVs and minivans)
Calculations are based on a weighted average of cars and light trucks.
Average GHG emissions– CO2E: 12,100 lbs/year (5.5 metric tons /year)
Average GHG emissions– CE: 3,300 lbs/year (1.5 metric tons/year)
Average CO2 emissions: 11,470 lbs/year (5.2 metric tons/year)
Average Carbon emissions: 3,100 lbs/year (1.4 metric tons/year)
Average fuel consumption: ~600 gallons/year
Recommend: 1.5 MMTCE = annual GHG (CE) emissions equivalent to those of 1 million
vehicles

Source: U.S. EPA, Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Typical Passenger Vehicle, 2004.

Average Annual CO2 Emissions for an Average Household:

Averages per U.S. household (includes single-family and multi-unit housing)
Averages include emissions from electricity and other sources (natural gas, petroleum, etc.)
Average loss rate for electricity is 8 - 9 percent.
Average CO2 emissions: 22,880 lbs/year (10.4 metric tons/ year)
Average CO2 emissions from electricity only: 16,290 lbs/ year (7.4 metric tons/ year)
Average Carbon emissions: 6,240 lbs/year (2.8 metric tons/year)
Average kWh: 10,660 kWh/ year (100 mmBtu/ year, delivered)

Source: EPA E-Grid 2002; RECS, 2001; Buildings Energy Databook, 2004

Average Annual CO2 Emissions for an Average Single-Family Home:
Average CO2 emissions: 24,900 lbs/year (11.3 metric tons/ year)
Average Carbon emissions: 6,800 lbs/year (3.1 metric tons/year)
Average kWh: 11,965 kWh/ year (124 mmBtu/ year, delivered)
Recommend: 3.1 MMTCE = annual Carbon emissions equivalent to those of 1 million
homes

Source: RECS, 2001

The average single-family home adds more than twice as much greenhouse gas (CE) emissions
to the atmosphere as the average passenger vehicle.