Personal consumption pattern USA – Austria Project by Tanja Eschberger

Overall results USAAustria use of plastic water bottles transportation1, energy total impact per month2, average impact per month1, Data World Bank (2010) – CO 2 emissions in metric tons per capita: USA – 17.6, Austria – 8

Use of plastic USAAustria amount of bags used255 impact of bags amount of packages used206 impact of packages total impact per month impact in kilos of CO 2 per kilo of plastic: 2.3 bags for vegetables, groceries  1 bag = 5 grams packages from buying meat, other groceries, prepackaged meals  1 package = 20 grams

Use of water bottles USAAustria amount of bottles used2015 total impact per month impact in kilos of CO 2 per kilo of plastic: 2.3 impact in kilos of CO 2 per kilo of glass: 0.3 USA: plastic bottles  1 bottle (500ml) = 12.7 grams Austria: glass bottles  1 bottle (1l) = 500 grams

Transportation USAAustria car – amount of km070 impact of car024.5 bus – amount of km3000 impact of bus600 train – amount of km35640 impact of train airplane – amount of km impact of airplane1, total impact per month1, impact in kilos of CO 2 per km: car – 0.35, bus – 0.2, train 0.09, airplane – 0.34 (+ 104 kilos of CO 2 per takeoff)

Airplane km Vienna – DC7,160 DC – Chicago950 Chicago – San Francisco2,960 Los Angeles – New York3,940 DC – Vienna4,434 total km22,170

Transportation USAAustria car – amount of km070 impact of car024.5 bus – amount of km3000 impact of bus600 train – amount of km35640 impact of train airplane – amount of km impact of airplane1, total impact per month1, impact in kilos of CO 2 per km: car – 0.35, bus – 0.2, train 0.09, airplane – 0.34 (+ 104 kilos of CO 2 per takeoff)

Energy USAAustria energy used239,5602,058 number of people3703 kWh per person total impact per month impact in kilos of CO 2 per kilowatt hour: USA: energy used in my hall (City Hall) in the month of September Austria (yearly energy usage in 2012): electricity – 2,810 kWh, gas – 1,990m 3 (1m 3 gas ~ 11 kWh)  overall 24,700 kWh per year

Overall results and conclusions USAAustria use of plastic water bottles transportation1, energy total impact per month2, average impact per month1,

Policies and regulations use of plastic (bags, packages and bottles): taxes, incentives for grocery stores and restaurants transportation: promote trains energy: incentives to reduce the use of heating/AC and water

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