Question

An Air Conditioner uses 850 Watts of electricity and local emissions from electricity produce 1.37 pounds of CO2 per kWh. If you open a window instead of using the AC for 6 hours, how many pounds of CO2 would you keep from entering the atmosphere?

Answer 1

Answer: 6,987,000 pounds fo CO₂ per kWh.

Explanation: Quilowatt-hour (kWh) is a unit of energy that measures the amount of energy expended in 1 hour.

The AC uses 850 Watts, which in kW is 850,000 kW

If you leave the AC on for 6 hours, it will consume

850,000(6) = 5,100,000 kWh

Eletricity produces 1.37 pounds of CO₂ per kWh, then in 5,100,000 kWh:

1.37
`(pounds)/(kWh)`.(5,100,000kWh) = 6,987,000 pounds

If you open a window for 6 hours, you would keep 6,987,000 pounds of CO₂ for entering the atmosphere.