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Logic & Assumptions |
1 Lobster.COM package weights 11 pounds
1 short ton = 2000 lbs
11 lbs / 2000 lbs = 0.0055 short tons
1 Lobster.COM package weights 0.0055 short tons
1 short ton of freight traveling one air mile emits 1.1677 kilograms of CO2 into the atmosphere
1 short ton of freight traveling one air mile emits 0.001167 metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere
0.0055 short tons traveling 1 air mile emits 0.0064 kilograms of CO2 into the atmosphere
0.0055 short tons traveling 1 air mile emits 0.0000064 metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere
Lobster.COM packages (0.0055 short tons a package) travel a combined 3,810,797 miles in air delivery
Lobster.COM packages in the process of air delivery account for the emission of 24.389 metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere
Equation: ((.0064*3,810,797) / 1000) = 24.389
Freight-Delivery Logic:
1 Lobster.COM package weights 11 pounds
1 short ton = 2000 lbs
11 lbs / 2000 lbs = 0.0055 short tons
1 Lobster.COM package weights 0.0055 short tons
1 short ton of freight traveling one ground mile emits 0.1033 kilograms of CO2 into the atmosphere
1 short ton of freight traveling one ground mile emits 0.0001033 metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere
0.0055 short tons traveling 1 ground mile emits 0.000568 kilograms of CO2 into the atmosphere
0.0055 short tons traveling 1 ground mile emits 0.000000568 metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere
Lobster.COM packages (0.0055 short tons a package) travel a combined 146,673 miles in ground delivery
Lobster.COM packages in the process of ground delivery account for the emission of 0.083 metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere
Equation: ((.00056815*146,673) / 1000) = 0.083
Assumptions:
Lobster.COM average order = four 1.5 lbs lobsters
Average order weights 11.0 lbs, including packaging
Extrapolated upon delivery data provided for 49% of company deliveries
Each 1.5 lb Lobster takes an average of 0.400 gallons of diesel fuel to harvest from the ocean floor
and deliver to plant in Ipswich, Massachusetts
Therefore, 3,680 gallons of diesel fuel consumed annually
2006 Kilowatt usage per 1.5 lb lobster = 0.5280
Therefore, 4,857 kwh used annually
Administrative business travel = 11,005 miles with 2001 Ford Taurus annually
Administrative electricity consumption = 4,028 kwh annually