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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Volcanoes are a half to a third of the methane production from livestock and I think methane is about 20x (gwp) than co2. Which would mean that volcanoes are pretty low on the list compared to cows (unless they are grazing under a volcano???)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Not sure how that relates to low flow shower heads but definite relief for my head to upload some statistics loaded into memory and make room for some more.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Here is one I just find out as a result of thinking about the above and needing a work diversion. This email may be the equivalent of .3 grams of co2 (or about driving 3’) or about .15% of a cows daily methane production in grams or about 666 emails per cow per day – which being the number of the beast would seem appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Forget about showers – how about low-flow email and a vegetarian diet....<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Working at home and showering rarely is about the only brownie points I get on this one.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Reuben Deumling<br><b>Sent:</b> May-18-11 1:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> Green Building<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Greenbuilding] low flow shower heads<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/2007/07_02_15.html">http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/2007/07_02_15.html</a><br><br>"Our studies show that globally, volcanoes on land and under the sea release a total of about 200 million tonnes of CO<sub>2</sub> annually. <o:p></o:p></p><p>This seems like a huge amount of CO<sub>2</sub>, but a visit to the U.S. Department of Energy's Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) website (<a href="http://cdiac.ornl.gov/">http://cdiac.ornl.gov/</a>) helps anyone armed with a handheld calculator and a high school chemistry text put the volcanic CO<sub>2</sub> tally into perspective. Because while 200 million tonnes of CO<sub>2</sub> is large, the global fossil fuel CO<sub>2</sub> emissions for 2003 tipped the scales at 26.8 billion tonnes. Thus, not only does volcanic CO<sub>2</sub> not dwarf that of human activity, it actually comprises less than 1 percent of that value." <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>