Comments on: Capturing the lesser known greenhouse gases http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/03/11/capturing-the-lesser-known-greenhouse-gases/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Recycling anesthetics to fight global warming http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/03/11/capturing-the-lesser-known-greenhouse-gases/comment-page-1/#comment-4711 Recycling anesthetics to fight global warming Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:10:30 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1561#comment-4711 [...] I learned about this from Tyler Hamilton’s Clean Break blog. [...] [...] I learned about this from Tyler Hamilton’s Clean Break blog. [...]

]]> By: Milan http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/03/11/capturing-the-lesser-known-greenhouse-gases/comment-page-1/#comment-4651 Milan Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:03:37 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1561#comment-4651 That's another basic error on my part. 1,275 tonnes is 1.2 kilotonnes, not 1.2 megatonnes. This seems like a useful technology, in any case. That’s another basic error on my part. 1,275 tonnes is 1.2 kilotonnes, not 1.2 megatonnes.

This seems like a useful technology, in any case.

]]> By: Milan http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/03/11/capturing-the-lesser-known-greenhouse-gases/comment-page-1/#comment-4650 Milan Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:57:11 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1561#comment-4650 <em>It’s estimated that the average hospital, in Canada anyway, releases the equivalent of 1,275 tonnes of CO2 each year because of the venting of volatile anesthetics.</em> This seems very high, given that Canada's total emissions are in the vicinity of 700,000 tonnes per year. How many hospitals are there in Canada? If there were just ten hospitals producing 1.2 megatonnes of emissions per year, that would be almost 2% of Canada's total emissions. Are you sure it isn't 1.275 tonnes per hospital per year? It’s estimated that the average hospital, in Canada anyway, releases the equivalent of 1,275 tonnes of CO2 each year because of the venting of volatile anesthetics.

This seems very high, given that Canada’s total emissions are in the vicinity of 700,000 tonnes per year. How many hospitals are there in Canada? If there were just ten hospitals producing 1.2 megatonnes of emissions per year, that would be almost 2% of Canada’s total emissions.

Are you sure it isn’t 1.275 tonnes per hospital per year?

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