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The CO2 Cube

What IS this?

The CO2 Cube, on display during April at East Milton Square, shows the actual size of CO2 that each of us causes to be emitted into the atmosphere every 2½ hours. The CO2 Cube is 1000 cubic feet in size and the CO2 would weigh 100 pounds.

In Europe, emissions are 2/5 what they are in the US. Why? Europeans use more public transportation, more of their electricity comes from clean energy sources such as wind, and as a whole they consume less. Japan's per capita CO2 emissions are the lowest in the world.

The CO2 Cube is made possible by a generous donation from an anonymous Milton family.
Earth Day 2008
Special Thanks to those that helped build the Cube:  Laurie Macintosh, Rich Mickle, Emily Murphy, Katie Murphy and Phil Murphy.

The CO2 Cube is based on the original 1 ton Cube by Cohasset High School 9th grade Science Teacher Dave Ames. See photo.  Read about it here. 
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Q: "What one thing can people do to reduce CO2 emissions?"
A: "Stop flying & Eat Local"
        - Chris Goodall, author of
         How to Live a Low Carbon              Life, answering Ira Flatow              on NPR's Science Friday 
         4/13/07.
In New England, our CO2 emissions are actually higher than 100 lbs every 2½ hours, since we heat our homes for a greater percentage of the year than the average for the rest of the country. And, heating a home 50 degrees takes more energy that cooling a home 30 degrees.
for our homes (for  lights, heat, hot water, cooking, washing, small appliances), because 


100 pounds every
          2½ hours?

Where does it                   come from?
1/3 of the CO2 comes from exhaust from our  cars. Another 1/3 comes from producing  electricity
80% of all US electricity comes from coal - fired power plants which spew out CO2 as a by-
     product of burning coal.  The remainder comes from industry, which must be averaged across all of us, since industry exists to make goods and services for our consumption.

Source: EPA #430-R-07-002
The Cube
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          of CO2?