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Appendix D: Principal Units and Conversion Factors
Appendix D: Principal Units and Conversion Factors
Pages 163-166
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Coal power plants typically have generation capacities of about 500 MW; nuclear plants about 1000 MW (1 GW) ; intermittent sources (e.g., natural gas peaking plants and wind plants)
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The United States consumes about 9 million barrels of motor gasoline per day and over 7 billion barrels of liquid fuels (crude oil, finished products, and other liquid fuels) per year.
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The United States emits about 7 billion tonnes of CO2 eq per year, about 6 billion of which is CO2 arising primarily from energy production and use (see Figure 1.3 in Chapter 1)
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