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Today is Friday July 04, 2008

CO2 Emissions from Urban Sprawl
Analysis & Commentary: "Suburban Sprawl & CO2"
(to calculate: click curser on, then off, yellow input cell)

  # households    
  residents per household  
  # residents  
  commuters per household  
  # commuters  
  average increase to commute (miles)
  total commute miles  
  average mileage per vehicle  
  total extra gallons gasoline per work day
  total extra gallons per year  
8.80   kilograms CO2 per gallon gasoline  
  total kilograms CO2 per year  
  total extra tons (metric) CO2 / year  
     
  cost per ton CO2    
  cost per year for CO2 offsets  
  cost per household for CO2 offsets per year
  increased cost per gallon gasoline  
     



How to use this calculator:

(1) It is sometimes necessary to click on one of the yellow input cells, then click somewhere else on the screen in order to prompt the interactive spreadsheet to calculate and display results.

(2) Yellow cells are input cells - you may enter your own assumptions in these cells.

(3) When you refresh the screen, the original default assumptions will reappear in the yellow input cells.
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