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senior-project

Senior Project for Capitol Technology University, Carbon and Plastic at Home Interactive.
Written in Lua as a PICO-8 cartridge.
This project is no longer in development and has been archived, but the final product can be viewed and played at https://emilyragan.tech/seniorproject

Research Notes

According to the EPA's Carbon Footprint Calculator, regarding emissions from trash: "692 pounds of CO2 equivalent per year is about average for a household of 1 person. Your waste-related emissions are calculated based on the number of people in your household." If you select all of the recycling items (aluminum & steel cans, plastic, glass, newspaper, and magazines), then the total waste emissions goes down to 401lbs.

According to the EPA's Carbon Footprint Calculator, regarding emissions from vehicles: "11,141 pounds of CO2 emissions is about average for one vehicle over a year."

According to the EPA's Carbon Footprint Calculator, regarding emissions from energy usage:

• Natural gas: "3,071 pounds of CO2 is about average for a household of one person over a year."
• Electricity: "5,384 pounds of CO2 is about average for a household of one person over a year."
• Fuel oil: "4,848 pounds of CO2 is about average for a household of one person over a year."
• Propane: "2,243 pounds of CO2 is about average for a household of one person over a year."

Carbon footprint info from food

Meat consumption

• On average, each American ate 48.8 kg of chicken in 2017
• In 2017, Americans consumed an average of 25.8 kg of beef
• An American consumes an average of 23.6 kg of pork annually. Pork is most commonly consumed in the form of bacon

Beyond meat carbon footprint

• 0.68kg CO2 per 4oz beyond meat -> 2.72 kg per pound -> convert pounds to kilograms -> ~6kg CO2 per kg beyond meat

Per NPR's interpretation of USDA data, average American drinks 18 gallons of milk per year kg to gallons of milk -- 18 gallons == 66.1 kg Weight of an empty plastic milk jug

Grocery bag statistics