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Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(First Edition - Last updated on 11/19/2007)
♦ Category: Industrial Processes and Product Use
| IPCC: |
2G4 - Other Product Manufacture and Use - Other (Please specify) |
| Sector: |
Industrial : Not Specified |
♦ Activity: Limestone and dolomite consumption -
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
137,745 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (137,745 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
| Basis: |
Calculation |
| Calculation: |
[US CO2 emissions from limestone and dolomite use] * [California consumption of limestone and dolomite] / [US consumption of limestone and dolomite] |
| Reference: |
USEPA (2004). Emission Inventory Improvement Program. Technical Report Series, Volume 8: Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Chapter 6: Industrial Processes. US Environmental Protection Agency. Washington DC. http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/eiip/techreport/volume08/index.html |
● Activity level used in calculations —
| Activity: |
|
| Basis: |
None |
| Reference: |
Not Applicable. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
| Parameter: |
California consumption of limestone and dolomite = 17,806,000 tonne |
| Reference: |
DATA NOT AVAILABLE - Value for this year is assumed to be equal to that of the subsequent year. |
| Parameter: |
US CO2 emissions from limestone and dolomite use = 5,500,000,000,000 g (i.e. 5.5 million tonnes) |
| Reference: |
USEPA (2007). Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2005. United States Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 430-R-07-002. April 15, 2007. Washington DC. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usgginv_archive.html |
| Parameter: |
US consumption of limestone and dolomite = 710,972,640 tonne |
| Reference: |
DATA NOT AVAILABLE - Value for this year is assumed to be equal to that of the subsequent year. |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —