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Absolutely. For many (perhaps most) people in the rich world, embodied energy in the stuff we buy is our greatest source of energy consumption. Very rough bre

• Steltek 4y ago
  That calculator is super helpful! Thank you! Is the water usage meant to encompass energy to heat said water? Also, this sadly puts even my household's meager (by US standards) car mileage (6k miles/yr) as the bulk of our energy usage. Cars are such a waste of life, energy, and space...
  • RobinL 4y ago
    I'm having to adjust the energy use for heating fact some of that heat actually goes into hot water. So the calculator is figuring how much heat is needed to heat the water you use for washing, and subtracting that from the total amount on your energy bill (the remainder of which is heat). Yeah - one of the things i learned building this is the huge amount of energy it takes to move humans anywhere (in cars/planes). News articles often mention trivial things like turning off phone chargers, when the energy consumption from car use dominates total energy use from electricity for most households. Electric cars are genuinely a lot better in this regard, and the payoff period for the embedded cost of manufacture is lower than many people think: https://www.robinlinacre.com/carbon_electric_car/ https://www.robinlinacre.com/carbon_electric_car/
• bee_rider 4y ago
  That is neat. Not sure how to quantify taking a bus to work.