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Shea Gunther

Greenhouse gas counter shows our impact

A new sign in NYC's Madison Square Garden shows an updated total of how much greenhouse gas we've pumped into the atmosphere.

Mon, Jun 22 2009 at 12:05 AM EST

3,642,291,992,231
 
That's how many metric tons of greenhouses gasses have been dumped into the atmosphere by humanity. Three trillion, six hundred and forty two billion, two hundred and ninety one million, nine hundred and ninety two thousand, two hundred and thirty one* metric tons.
 
Deutsche Bank and MIT just put up a giant billboard in New York City's Madison Square Garden that shows the running tally.
 
The 70-foot tall sign currently shows over 3.6 trillion metric tons, another 800 metric tons are added every second to the number generated by the climate pros at MIT's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Climate Change.
 
Most people don't have the slightest clue what 3.6 trillion metric tons of greenhouse gasses really means (here's what just one metric ton of CO2 looks like), but I think the value comes when the 500,000 or so people who walk by the sign every day (and however many see it on the web) see how quickly the number rises. We're pumping a lot of gas into the smogulously smokey skies.
 
Swing over to the "Know the Number" campaign if you'd like to read more about it.
 
h/t to Anythony McCune
 
 
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GingerHolt21 03/19/2010 07:21 AM

Don't have money to buy a building? Do not worry, just because this is available to take the loan to work out such problems. Hence get a bank loan to buy all you need.

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Chris Kaiser 06/23/2009 12:16 PM

I recently had the opportunity to speak with the Deutsche Bank head of Research who put this campaign together and I wrote a blog about it. The guy was very knowledgeable and they are doing a great job to get this message out. I really liked his focus on the system approach.
http://blog.mapawatt.com/2009/06/18/know-the-number/

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