From today's EEI newsletter:
GHG Emissions Up Sharply in Colorado, Arizona, North Carolina
A report released by the Center for Climate Strategies reported GHG emissions were sharply higher from 1990 to 2005 in Colorado, Arizona, and North Carolina, the Rocky Mountain News reported. In Colorado, emissions rose by 35 percent over 1990 levels, with emissions jumping by 65 percent in Arizona and 55 percent in North Carolina. The higher numbers in Colorado were linked to population growth, which caused a spike in electricity demand and transportation.
Wrote the newspaper: "The report found that emissions from electricity generation (37 percent) and transportation (23 percent) account for the biggest sources. It also projected that burning coal and other fossil fuels for power plants will account for the biggest portion of emission increases through 2020." Stephen Saunders, president of the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, was quoted by the newspaper as saying: "This (report) is our most important baseline of information about what type of actions would be necessary," to cut emissions.
Rocky Mountain News , Feb. 15.
We can't continue to add more and more people to the planet and expect that they won't use energy and create waste, including waste in the form of greenhouse gasses. I'm not very good at math, but even I can figure this out.
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