UN Climate Summit to Emit More CO2 Than 8,200 American Homes Do in a Year
Michael Bastasch / @MikeBastasch / December 03, 2018
This year’s United Nations climate summit will have a carbon footprint equivalent to the yearly electricity usage of more than 8,200 American households, according to the international body’s own figures.
The U.N. estimates the summit, called COP24, will emit 55,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide—the very greenhouse gas U.N. officials are trying to keep from accumulating in the atmosphere.
Based on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency figures, that’s the equivalent of more than 11,700 cars driving for one year or 728 tanker trucks worth of gasoline. That amount of carbon dioxide emissions is also the same as 8,243 American homes for an entire year, according to EPA.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/12/03/un-climate-summit-to-emit-more-co2-than-8200-american-homes-do-in-a-year/
