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Old 03-02-2017, 10:47 AM   #53
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How much C02 will be emitted by guys driving around changing light bulbs?
The similar amount per household emitted by anyone who would go to a store to buy and change out an LED bulb themselves.

Would you actually like to know?

Say you have 5 incandescent bulbs they switch to LEDs, and let's say they stay on for an average of 4 hours a day (maybe you have more bulbs and you use less, maybe you leave the bulbs on longer, this is just a low-range example).

Your CO2 emissions would go from approximately 230 kg per year, to 23 kg per year, saving 200ish kg over the course of just one year.

So, how much CO2 is used by driving to your house?
An average vehicle expels 0.27kg of CO2 into the atmosphere per KM (efficient cars less, commercial vehicles more). Say the distance between each stop is 45KM (roughly the distance between the Airport and McKenzie Town using the ring road, some will be less, few more).

The amount of CO2 expelled for a 45KM trip in an average vehicle would be 12KG.

So, including the driving around, the CO2 savings from switching just one home to LEDs is approximately 185KG in the first year, and 200KG every year after.

This makes the carbon load of driving around to get these things switched completely irrelevant and pointless to worry about.

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