CO2 Emissions
Equivalents
Cows
Scary Facts
Potpourri
100
Human CO2 emissions have been rising drastically since _____.
1998
100
We produce the equivalent of _________ Hiroshima atomic bombs of heat a day.
350,000
100
Cows produce _______ that helps cause global warming.
Methane
100
We have known about global warming since __________.
1958
100
The last ice age ended ______ years ago.
7,000
200
Cows emit _______% of CO2 emissions.
10-12%
200
We produce the equivalent of _________ Hurricane Sandys of energy per day.
150,000
200
Methane is ___x worse than CO2.
23x
200
The CO2 accumulated in the atmosphere could remain for ________ of years.
Thousands
200
Over the past 650, 000 years there have been _____ cycles of glacial advance and retreat.
7
300
In 5 years, ____ft of ice has melted in Greenland.
30ft
300
We produce the equivalent of _________ 6.0 earthquakes of energy per day.
350,000
300
There are about ______ cows and bulls worldwide that help contribute to global warming.
1.5 billion
300
The Montana Glacier National Park has only ________ glaciers instead of 150 that were there in the year 1910.
25
300
Glacial Advance and Retreat happens because of _____________ in the earth adding up making big variations blocking out the amount of solar energy our planet receives.
Small variations
400
For the first time in history, ___________ whole ice sheet is melting.
Greenlands
400
We produce the equivalent of _________ Big Bens full of dynamite of heat per day.
500,000
400
The average cow produces _________kg of methane per year. a. 72-100kg b. 70-120kg c. 10-720kg
b. 70-120kg
400
In the last century the sea level has raised __________cm because of the ice caps melting.
17cm
400
Both Greenlands and the ________ ice sheets have decreased drastically in mass.
Antarctic
500
From 1970 to 2003, the planet has been accumulating heat at a rate of _______ gigawatts. a. 1,260 b. 19,260 c. 190,260
c. 190,260
500
We produce the equivalent of _________ million lightning bolts of energy per day.
50,000
500
All cows worldwide produce about ___________kg of methane per year. a. 105-180 billion kg b. 108-150 billion kg c. 180-205 billion kg
a. 105-180 billion kg
500
Cows produce the equivalent of about ________________ kg of CO2 per year! a. 2.41-4.14 trillion kg b. 2.14-4.41 trillion kg c. 2.42-4.14 trillion kg
c. 2.42-4.14 trillion kg
500
By Dec. 2, we've produced the equivalent of __________ Hiroshima atomic bombs of heat since 1998. a. 2,427,057,745 b. 3,427,057,745 c. 2,327,057,745
a. 2,427,057,745