Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Industrial Processes and Product Use
IPCC: |
2G4 - Other Product Manufacture and Use - CO2, Limestone or Soda Ash consumption |
Sector: |
Industrial : Not Specified |
♦ Activity: Limestone and dolomite consumption -
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 2002 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
164,509 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (164,509 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[US CO2 emissions from limestone and dolomite use] * [California consumption of limestone and dolomite] / [US consumption of limestone and dolomite] |
Reference: |
USEPA (2004). Emission Inventory Improvement Program. Technical Report Series, Volume 8: Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Chapter 6: Industrial Processes. US Environmental Protection Agency. Washington DC. http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/eiip/techreport/volume08/index.html |
● Activity level used in calculations —
Activity: |
|
Basis: |
None |
Reference: |
Not Applicable. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
Parameter: |
California consumption of limestone and dolomite = 35,716,000 tonne |
Reference: |
USGS (various years). Minerals Yearbook: The Mineral Industry of California. California Dept. of Conservation, California Geological Survey/U.S. Geological Survey. (See: Crushed Stone). Accessed online at: http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/stone_crushed/ |
Parameter: |
US CO2 emissions from limestone and dolomite use = 4,928,000,000,000 g (i.e. 4.93 million tonnes) |
Reference: |
USEPA (2015). Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2013. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Table 4-15 http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport.html |
Parameter: |
US consumption of limestone and dolomite = 1,069,900,000 tonne |
Reference: |
USGS (various years). U.S. Geological Survey, Crushed Stone Statistics and Information, Mineral Yearbooks (Various Years), Stone (Crushed) Accessed online at: http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/stone_crushed/ |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —