baseline stats redux

29
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.)

1. shopping for a vehicle

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 use

0 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

4. spending $25 to save $67.29 per year

5. status quo won't do

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