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Visualizing Energy

visualizingenergy.org

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Title: Bitcoin's energy and carbon footprint

Time span: 2022
    
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Variable: 
Electricity use and carbon dioxide emissions from 34 US Bitcoin mines

Source: 
Dance, Gabriel J. X., Tim Wallace, and Zach Levitt. “The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin.” The New York Times, April 10, 2023

Source link: 
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/business/bitcoin-mining-electricity-pollution.html

Data accessed: 
2023-04-10

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Variable: 
Carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. passenger vehicles

Source: 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Source link: 
https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle

Data accessed: 
2023-04-10

Description: 
A typical passenger vehicle emits about 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. 


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Variable: 
Carbon dioxide emissions per passenger from New York City to London for a typical economy class round trip via commercial aviation.

Source: 
International Civil Aviation Organization, Carbon Emissions Calculator

Source link: 
https://applications.icao.int/icec/Home/Index

Data accessed: 
2023-04-10

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Variable: 
Per capita energy use in India

Source: 
Word Bank Development Indicators

Source link: 
https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators

Data accessed: 
2023-04-10

Description: 
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