CIV ENG 11 Study Guide - Final Guide: Carbon Footprint, Edamame, Emission Intensity
11 Oct 2020
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Due friday, march 6, 2020 (100 points: the climate footprint of your diet (32 points) Researchers at carnegie mellon university published a paper, food-miles and the relative climate. Impacts of food choices in the united states (http://pubs. acs. org/doi/abs/10. 1021/es702969f), that compared the climate impacts of eating local food versus the types of food people typically eat. Use the results of their analysis (posted as an excel file, food_lca_data, on bcourses) to answer the following questions. Note: excluded from the researchers" findings is the global warming potential associated with. Hfcs: calculate the global warming potential (gwp100) (in units of co2,e) associated with u. s. consumption of the foods listed below. Draw a life-cycle diagram of the different phases associated with providing either (dry) corn (as animal feed) or edamame. Then compare the total greenhouse gas footprint (in kg co2,e) of providing 2,000 kcal of beef (which comes from. Animal, except poultry, slaughtering ) and soybeans ( grain farming ).
