On Sunday 01 July 2007 03:27, PeterO wrote: > Wondered if anyone could help me with figures on CO2 emmissions created > during the manufacture of kayaks (plastic, fibreglass or wooden). > Alternatively embodied energy for their manufacture would be useful. I would say the average trip to go paddling for the average kayaker is the main emission of CO2s - often it is one guy in a SUV, or pickup, with one kayak on top, going hundreds, if not thousands, of miles to his favourite spot for launching. Another huge is the transport of ready-made kayaks around the globe. I would guess that a wooden kayak needs least energy and least CO2, but many builders import their wood from far away places. Learned a long time ago that you use more fossil fuel energy to build and run a nuclear reactor during its entire active life, than the electricity it produces! Not sure it is true as our plants seem to go on and on, but at the same time the investment in energy and money along the way is massive, too - and that's not counting the workers that build and maintain the plants, and all the CO2 they produce directly, and indirectly! Transport, production of electricity and travel are the big emitters of CO2, no doubt about that! Tord [subject line was changed from digest subject line to a relevent subject line by moderator] *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jul 01 2007 - 12:45:55 PDT
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