30-05-2013, 10:14 AM
Quote:http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=7350
U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions resulting from energy use during the first quarter of 2012 were the lowest in two decades for any January-March period. Normally, CO2 emissions during the year are highest in the first quarter because of strong demand for heat produced by fossil fuels. However, CO2 emissions during January-March 2012 were low due to a combination of three factors:
A mild winter that reduced household heating demand and therefore energy use
A decline in coal-fired electricity generation, due largely to historically low natural gas prices
Reduced gasoline demand
The following is probably the most ironic result of shale gas. The country that did not sign the Kyoto protocol is the first to meet the emission requirements.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/04/05/us...racing-it/
In 2012, a surprising twist and without ever ratifying it, the United States became the first major industrialized nation in the world to meet the United Nation’s original Kyoto Protocol 2012 target for CO2 reductions.
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