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Facts tagged with Carbon
Based on conservative assumptions, “the elimination of CDs will save the equivalent of 42 million gallons of oil”.
Because there is 22 pounds of carbon per gallon of oil,121 there are 0.5 million tons of emissions that could be saved. If this savings could be realized in the next ten years, the cumulative savings from eliminating plastic CD cases would be 2.5 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions. (p. 31)
Current carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. hover around 7.9 billion tons and are growing. (p. 1)
A 7% increase in broadband adoption could result in:
- $92 billion through 2.4 million jobs created or saved annually
- $662 million saved per year in reduced health care costs
- $6.4 billion per year in mileage savings from unnecessary driving
- $18 million in carbon credits associated with 3.2 billion fewer lbs of CO2 emissions per year in the U.S.
- $35.2 billion in value from 3.8 billion more hours saved per year from accessing broadband at home
- $134 billion per year in total direct economic impact
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