How clean is the electricity you use? The EPA has a pretty cool website where you can input your zip code and electric utility provider, and it tells you how clean the electricity provided to you is as compared to the national average.

http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-an...

Mine is only 13% coal, nitrogen oxide emissions are 38% the national average, SO2 emissions are 11% the national average, and CO2 emissions are 64% the national average.

How clean is the electricity you use?

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7 months ago

gcnp - why are you assuming the CO2 emissions from natural gas and coal plants are equal? My impression is that CO2 emissions from natural gas plants are significantly lower, which explains the discrepancy.

7 months ago

If you try 59336 (somewhere in Montana) the power mix is 75% coal and 138% the national average CO2 emissions.

10% non hydro
15% hydro
14%nuke
1% oil
46% gas
13% coal

I get my power from clean resources. The website doesn%26#039;t have a calculator that shows the amount emissions that are released, but it does show how much CO2 you prevent. This month I prevented 227lbs of CO2 from being produced.

For anyone who is interested, check with your local electricity provider or google %26quot;green up%26quot; and your area. The costs are probably different throughout the country, but in the northeast, it adds 2.4 cents per kw hour. It%26#039;s only about $5-$6 extra a month for my bill, which I think is well worth what it saves.

EDIT: You can also choose to get 50% of your electricity from clean sources if you can%26#039;t swing the 100%.

Not very my region is like 85% coal.

My electricity provider,Scottish Hydro, generate 30% by
Hydro %26amp; 10% by Windmill %26amp; thats the best I can get alltough I
pay a little more for it,cannot get planning for solar panels

Mine coal too. Pretty dirty,Where you think Acid Rain comes from, Bubbling smoke stacks of liquid S2O (Sulferdioxide)...! or maybe its really S3O(sulfurtrioxide)..............! PS check ATSDR

I live in West Texas. There are wind farms all over the place here, and 10% of our power comes from wind. Plans to increase that percentage in the next couple of years are in the works. We are hoping, within 5 years, to have a small acreage on which we can put our own wind generator.