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Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (First Edition - Last updated on 11/19/2007)

♦ Category: Energy

IPCC:	1A3aii - Fuel Combustion Activities - Transport - Civil Aviation - Domestic Aviation
Sector:	Transportation : Aviation : Domestic Air transport

♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Aviation gasoline

Amount:	386,013 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (386,013 tonnes CO2 Eq.)
Basis:	Calculation
Calculation:	[Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel CO2 emission]
Reference:	Murtishaw, S., De La Rue du Can, S,. Price, L., Masanet, E., and Simcich, M. (2005). CALEB: California Energy Balance Database, September 12, 2005. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.

Activity:	Fuel combustion = 46,452,000 gal of Aviation gasoline
Basis:	Data
Reference:	Murtishaw, S., De La Rue du Can, S,. Price, L., Masanet, E., and Simcich, M. (2005). CALEB: California Energy Balance Database, September 12, 2005. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.

Parameter:	Fuel CO2 emission = 0.0691 g / btu
Reference:	USEPA (2007). Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2005. United States Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 430-R-07-002. Annex 2.1 (Tables A-31, A-32, A-35, and A-36). April 15, 2007. Washington DC. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usgginv_archive.html
Parameter:	Heat content = 120,190 btu / gal
Reference:	USEPA (2007). Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2005. United States Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 430-R-07-002. Annex 2.1 (Tables A-31, A-32, A-35, and A-36). April 15, 2007. Washington DC. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usgginv_archive.html

Amount:

8,310 g (i.e. 8.31 kg) of CO2 per gal of Aviation gasoline