Fuel CO2 Emissions Compared By George McGonigal

Carbon dioxide emissions, in fact all dangerous emissions, are becoming more and more of a concern as global warming awareness spreads.

But do we know just how much carbon and carbon dioxide our heating systems are kicking out into the atmosphere? Do we realise how much our initial choice of fuel can impact on this?

If not, then the simple table below will certainly help. It is derived from the draft version of the new 2006 Building Regulations (Part L2A), and shows LPG to be among the CLEANEST fuels available in terms of CO2 emissions.

Fellow rural options Oil and the Solid Fuels come further down the "green" list, with electricity at the bottom of the pile...

Fuel CO2 emission factor kgCO2/kWh

LPG 0.234

Oil 0.265

Coal (solid fuel) 0.291

Anthracite (solid fuel) 0.317

Smokeless fuel (solid fuel) 0.392

Grid supplied electricity 0.422

Grid displaced electricity 0.568

Setting aside developing nations, the UK today has some of the highest dependency upon fossil fuels in Europe and this needs to change and change as quickly as possible.

As government policy and public awareness increasingly tend towards a more green outlook hopfully the economics of green fuels sources will improve, making their everyday use not on feasible but attractive to the private individual.

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