Questions tagged [greenhouse-gas-emissions]

Gases that contribute to global warming by trapping radiant heat from the sun in the atmosphere. Use this tag for questions about sources of emissions, or ways of reducing emissions. For question about measurements use the [carbon-footprint] tag. For questions about offsetting use [carbon-offsetting]. For questions about the effects of [global- warming] use that tag.

Greenhouse gases cause the Greenhouse effect, a warming of the surface of the planet by trapping solar radiation in the atmosphere.

If your question is asking for ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or data on various emission sources you should use this tag.

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If your question is about carbon capture and storage (a.k.a. ccs) use

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If your question is specifically about carbon dioxide use

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How much of the emitted CO2 is human caused

Looking at the atmospheric CO2 concentration measurements, e.g. from Mauna Loa, the table there says that the increase of CO2 concentration in the year 2012 was 2.66 ppm/yr. How many percent of this 2.66 ppm/yr in 2012 is human caused (from fossil…
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A more useful metric for greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets?

A useful metric for vehicle efficiency is miles per gallon, kilometers per liter, or liters per 100 km. The amount of gasoline used by a given vehicle can easily be understood and compared. Energy use intensity is a similarly useful and intelligible…
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What are the impacts on CO2 emissions from using cloud software?

I am wondering what are the positive as well as negative impacts on CO2 emissions from using cloud software like Google Sheets, in comparison to traditional software that run locally or on a local network (like Excel) Are there any studies you are…
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Can and should we outsource the computing power of our personal devices to the cloud?

What does it mean? What does Circle Economy (a nonprofit) suggest? Can and should we outsource the computing power of our personal devices to the cloud? It sounds climatically reasonable (it's more efficient, less direct and indirect GHGs, I take…
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Is there a (clear) target of GHG emissions per year for companies (by industry)?

From an individual point of view, we have a clear target to go under 2000 kgCO2eq/year by 2050. (I need to find an actual source for that target, any suggestions?) If you want to setup such a target for a company, I guess you cannot have one single…
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Is there any evidence more renewables lowers oil consumption

Has anyone provided any evidence that building more wind turbines results in less oil wells being drilled?
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