CO2 Production for Kansas City Lights
R W
Kansas City, MO Streetlights Annual lbs of CO2 Produced
Streetlights Annual State CO2 Annual Annual lbs CO2
Type (W) Quantity Burn Hours lbs/kWh* kWh Produced
70 121 4100 1.84 34,727 63,898
100 51912 4100 1.84 21,283,920 39,162,413
150 14114 4100 1.84 8,680,110 15,971,402
175 154 4100 1.84 110,495 203,311
250 10489 4100 1.84 10,751,225 19,782,254
400 11264 4100 1.84 18,472,960 33,990,246
750 90 4100 1.84 276,750 509,220
Total 109,682,744
Metric Tons** 49,743
Kansas City Metropolitan Area Annual lbs of CO2 Produced in Light Pollution
Average Bi-State Annual lbs CO2
Light Energy Loss/Year (10^6 kWh)*** CO2 lbs/kWh Produced
71.5 1.76 125,840,000
Metric Tons** 57,070
* Values from Updated State-level Greenhouse Gas Emission Coefficients for
Electricity Generation 1998-2000
Published by: Energy Information Administration, Office of Integrated
Analysis and Forecasting,
Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, April 2002
**2205lbs per Metric Ton
***Educating the Public about Light Pollution, Syuzo Isobe, Shiomi Hamamura,
Christopher Elvidge;
Observing the Astronomical Sky, IAU Commission 50, Symposium, Vol 196, 2002
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