Your personal choices in transportation and food are important for lowering carbon emissions

IF 6.1 2区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL
Bruce Logan, Fang Zhang, Wulin Yang, Le Shi
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There is a global need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit the extent of climate change. A better understanding of how our own activities and lifestyle influence our energy use and carbon emissions can help us enable changes in activities that can lead to reductions in carbon emissions. Here we discuss an approach based on examining carbon emissions from the perspective of the unit C, where 1 C is the CO2 from food a person would on average eat every day. This approach shows that total CO2 emissions in China, normalized by the population, is 22.5 C while carbon emissions for a person in the US is 43.9 C. A better appreciation of our own energy use can be obtained by calculating carbon emissions from our own activities in units of C, for example for driving a car gasoline or electric vehicle a certain number of kilometers, using electricity for our homes, and eating different foods. With this information, we can see how our carbon emissions compare to national averages in different countries and make decisions that could lower our personal CO2 emissions.

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您在交通和食品方面的个人选择对降低碳排放非常重要
全球都需要减少温室气体排放,以限制气候变化的程度。更好地了解我们自身的活动和生活方式如何影响我们的能源使用和碳排放,可以帮助我们改变活动,从而减少碳排放。在此,我们将讨论一种从单位 C 的角度来研究碳排放的方法,其中 1 C 是指一个人平均每天吃的食物所产生的二氧化碳。这种方法表明,按人口计算,中国的二氧化碳总排放量为 22.5 C,而美国一个人的碳排放量为 43.9 C。以 C 为单位计算我们自身活动的碳排放量,例如驾驶汽油车或电动车行驶一定公里数、家庭用电以及食用不同食物的碳排放量,可以更好地了解我们自身的能源使用情况。有了这些信息,我们就可以了解自己的碳排放量与不同国家的全国平均水平的比较情况,并做出可以降低个人二氧化碳排放量的决定。
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Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering
Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CiteScore
10.90
自引率
12.50%
发文量
988
审稿时长
6.1 months
期刊介绍: Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering (FESE) is an international journal for researchers interested in a wide range of environmental disciplines. The journal''s aim is to advance and disseminate knowledge in all main branches of environmental science & engineering. The journal emphasizes papers in developing fields, as well as papers showing the interaction between environmental disciplines and other disciplines. FESE is a bi-monthly journal. Its peer-reviewed contents consist of a broad blend of reviews, research papers, policy analyses, short communications, and opinions. Nonscheduled “special issue” and "hot topic", including a review article followed by a couple of related research articles, are organized to publish novel contributions and breaking results on all aspects of environmental field.
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