Our CO_2 emittance

[tau_iota_mu_c]

For electricity: 110 tonnes per month of carbon. When electricity companies say this, I don't know whether that means 110 tonnes of carbon atoms, or 110 tonnes of carbon dioxide molecules. To be conservative, let's assume the latter (and multiply the final result by 44/12=3.67 otherwise). 44 grams of carbon dioxide fills a volume of 22.4 litres

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[bungo]

When electricity companies say this

Does your power company tell you this? I'd love to see more transparent accounting for carbon on my energy bills: your X kW-hours came from plants E (e%), F (f%), and G (g%); this produced Z tonnes of C-equivalent.

[tau_iota_mu_c]

We don't quite get that level of detail

Make Money Fa$t!!!

[bungo]

Point honking-big telescope at sun, pass pipe through prime focus, heat working fluid, run turbine etc. Make elektrickery by day. Charge batteries, pump water up hill, top up fire-fighting tanks, sell surplus back to grid, raise funds for upgrade to even bigger telescope, etc.

Remove pipe, point telescope at stars, planets, etc, by night.

(I'm kidding. I suppose next you'll tell me it's a radio telescope.)