Water Heating with Coal vs. Family Car

At the Kyoto Agreement, the United States agreed to reduce its CO₂ output by 7% below its 1990 output level in the years of 2008-2012. Right now, we are still 18% above the target value.

Here at the Solar Energy Lab, a study was conducted that focused on analyzing the extent to which solar thermal energy systems can be used for residential and commercial water and space heating purposes in order to help reduce the United States’ future CO2 emissions. The above link allows you to see some of the data that was collected.

• See more information on utilizing solar energy in mitigating CO₂ emissions.
• See the comparison of a family car and water heater with respect to their outputs of CO₂.