baseline stats redux
Dec
Given the fact that I've belabored the "which car should I buy" discussion — all year long, and as recently as last Saturday — I'm just going to provide a link to the most popular stats post of 2007. (By the way, this post was actually rated the most popular post overall.)
The second most popular post of 2007 was this:
baseline stats for our household
2006:
2 people
1 car driven 17,213 miles
4 bicycles ridden over 5,000 total miles
1 person didn't fly, the other took two airline trips (1 domestic, 1 international)
1,500 square foot home heated with electric baseboards and a natural gas fireplace
1 energy-sucking sauna
18,170 kilowatt-hours
354 therms (converts to 10,370 kilowatt-hours)
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28,540 equivalent kikowatt-hours total energy use0 blocks of Green Power or carbon offsets purchased
Here's an update of our 2007 stats:
2 people
1 car driven 15,500 miles (10% less driving)
5 bicycles ridden over 5,000 miles
1 person didn't fly, the other took one domestic airline trip
1,500 square foot home heated with electricity baseboards and a natural gas fireplace
1 energy-sucking sauna
17,802 kilowatt-hours
228 therms (converts to 6,678 kilowatt-hours)
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24,480 equivalent kilowatt-hours total energy use (14% less total energy use!)5 blocks of Green Power to ensure all energy use is renewable ($17.50/month)
100% offset of driving and flying miles through TerraPass purchases ($80 annual car pass, $9.95 flight pass)
3. aluminum vs carbon fiber bicycle frames
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Popularity: 15%


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