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CO2 Emissions from Urban Sprawl

Analysis & Commentary: "Suburban Sprawl & CO2"

(to calculate: click curser on, then off, yellow input cell)

		# households
		residents per household
		# residents
		commuters per household
		# commuters
		average increase to commute (miles)
		total commute miles
		average mileage per vehicle
		total extra gallons gasoline per work day
		total extra gallons per year
8.80		kilograms CO2 per gallon gasoline
		total kilograms CO2 per year
		total extra tons (metric) CO2 / year

		cost per ton CO2
		cost per year for CO2 offsets
		cost per household for CO2 offsets per year
		increased cost per gallon gasoline

How to use this calculator:

(1) It is sometimes necessary to click on one of the yellow input cells, then click somewhere else on the screen in order to prompt the interactive spreadsheet to calculate and display results.

(2) Yellow cells are input cells - you may enter your own assumptions in these cells.

(3) When you refresh the screen, the original default assumptions will reappear in the yellow input cells.

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