For those who seek regulation based on zero #CO2 only, CO2 causes only ~46% of global warming and hardly impacts the 4-7 million people who die from air pollution each year. We need #100% renewable energy to help eliminate air pollution mortality and slow/reverse global warming
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See https://cedm.shinyapps.io/MarginalFactors/ … for estimates of marginal and average SCOC/P for various emissions from just electricity. No one seems to have good numbers for SCOP for heating fuel, but it is much higher than for electricity due to low chimneys and proximity to exposed population.
Note: Regions in the CMU data are described in the EPA eGrid data: https://www.epa.gov/energy/emissions-generation-resource-integrated-database-egrid … eGrid is a reasonable source for data on electricity-related emissions. (Of course, that is only a small part of emissions in many areas such as New York and Northeast.)
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@bobwyman. Thanks for the resources, much appreciated. I hate to admit it, but my climate-geek looks forward to digging into them. Cheers -
For more fun, see NYU's "More Residual Risk" study that we used to justify banning use of bunker fuel (#6 oil) for heating in New York City. Health impacts (SCOP), not SCOC, provided the compelling argument. Of course, reducing pollution also reduced GHG. http://policyintegrity.org/files/publications/More_Residual_Risks.pdf …
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