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A Perfect Day to Stay Inside

Sleet On Railing DSC01616 Kind of rare, here in Texas is sleet.  The city suspended services for the occasion, and school appeared to be out.

It was warmer than freezing DSC01617 Although it was above freezing at our level, it must have bee colder up in the air, because, as sure as anything, the ice was falling.  We could hear it pinging against the windows, and we could see it on the railing above.  These January 28 Narcissus do not mind the cold and sleet DSC01618 Surprisingly, these narcissus do not seem to mind it at all.  They appear to be uninjured, and retain their fresh quality!  Personally, I am very glad that I can stay inside today.  I only walked up and down the south-facing front steps while holding on to the railing.  The back steps had visible ice on them.    A friend of mine fell on a frozen, slippery place in the freezing winter of 2009, and was crippled and in pain for months afterwards.   So I am staying in, and as this weather is so rare here, I am enjoying the contrast between the warmth inside, and the miserable cold outside, enormously!

How Much CO2 Does 1 Gallon of Gasoline Put Into the Air?

CO2 by SorbyRock of NewsvinePicture is by SorbyRock of Newsvine,  online, in which an article answers this question.

The answer is that one gallon of gasoline puts 20 pounds of CO2 into the air.

Therefore, since one ton is 2,000 pounds, 100 gallons of gasoline produces one ton of CO2 put into the air.

I am a person who would like to remove all the CO2 from the air that I personally have put into it.  That means that I have to remove a massive, yet to be determined, amount of CO2 from the air.

A person uses about as much energy as a 100 watt bulb.  This undoubtedly  varies with the person’s age, gender, with the time of day, stress levels, and so on.  But as an approximation, we’ll use this.   So a person uses about  100 watts X 24 hours or 2,400 watt hours in a day, which is 2.4 kilowatt-hours in a day.

One gallon of gas contains an amount of energy equivalent