Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Rich Americans’ homes generate 25% more greenhouse gasses than those less affluent
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/21/rich-americans-homes-greenhouse-gasses-energy
Oliver Milman
Tue 21 Jul 2020 06.00 EDT
Last modified on Tue 21 Jul 2020 06.01 EDT
The homes of wealthy Americans are major engines of the climate crisis, research has found, with the United States’ most affluent suburbs generating as much as 15 times the greenhouse gas emissions as nearby, poorer districts.
An analysis of 93m homes in the contiguous US found that the most energy intensive dwellings, per square foot, are found in Maine, Vermont and Wisconsin, while the least energy intensive are located in Florida, Arizona and California.
Mainly due to the larger size of homes owned by the wealthy, richer Americans are generating roughly 25% more greenhouse gasses through lighting, heating and cooling their residences than poorer people.
This disparity has significant implications for the climate crisis: about a fifth of US emissions comes from residential power use. Americans are particularly voracious users of energy, with the typical person in the US using more than 30 times the amount of electricity at home than the average person in India.
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1 comment:
Isn't that shocking? Blame it on all the new Trends and Innovations that are changing the lifestyles of people. All that heating, centralised cooling, and the extensive lighting will gulp enormous amounts of electricity. In India, the air conditioning can be counted as a significant factor for increased emission of greenhouse gases.
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