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FACTS ABOUT Co2

If we compare the power of existing supplies with other normal activities at home we can see
just how futile this particular measure really is ...

kWh / Cost / CO2 /


Appliance / activity Wh / day
year year year
Conventional
transformer supply, 34.6 12.6 $1.89 11.4kg
1.44W
Boil 1 litre water (1) 103.2 37.7 $5.65 34kg
75W lamp, 4 hours 300 109 $16.42 68.6kg
18W fluorescent lamp, 4
72 26.3 $3.95 23.6kg
hours
Reheat 2 litres after
81 29.7 $4.45 26.8kg
washing hands
Reheat 20 litres in HWS
814 297 $44.56 268kg
(2)
Electric stove, 2kW, 30
1,000 365 $54.75 328kg
minutes
Clothes Drier, 2.4kW, 23
0.912 333 $49.93 300kg
minutes (3)
TV set, 4 hours 600 218 $32.84 197kg
Clock radio, 24 hours
120 43.8 $6.57 39.4kg
(5W)
Human dissipation & 365kg
2,400 876 n/a (4)
breathing (5)
Power Used in Normal Household Activities

Notes:
1 - It takes 4.1868 joules to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C. A joule is one Watt/second (1kWh =
3,600,000 joules)
2 - HWS - Hot Water System, heat from 20°C to 55°C (lower than normal temperatures are recommended for
maximum savings)
3 - Based on a single 160 minute cycle per week
4 - See grocery bill
5 - Human carbon dioxide generation is about 410g / kWh. Adult humans dissipate around 100W 24/7

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