About Family & Friends
Remembering Loyd Donald Hampton
(aka "Gramps")
August 23rd, 1930 to May 10th, 2017
"Dr. Loyd D Hampton died of natural causes at his
ranch in Lampasas County on May 10. He loved Central Texas and his
property is
where he wanted to be more than anywhere else in the world... He
traveled widely, enjoyed literature, fine music and a good
whiskey..."
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Finally, we all worry about our contribution to Anthropogenic
Climate Change, so we track our household's carbon
footprint each year. We're making steady progress from a high in
2005, and 2017 was another record low.
The kids helped by moving out (!) but progress is largely
due to reductions in air travel by Steve & Lisa.
We also now have 100% carbon free electricity through our new
utility SVCE,
and we continue to eat less meat, bike more often, and drive our
two EVs as much as possible.
Happily, there's a few more easy wins coming up: getting rid of
our remaining gasoline vehicles,
and switching from natural gas appliances to electric equivalents,
like heat pumps.
Emissions
factors used
1 kWh of SVCE electricity = 0.0 lbs
CO2e
1 therm of natural gas = 13.5 lbs CO2e
1 gallon of gasoline = 20 lbs
CO2e
1 passenger mile of air
travel = 0.5 lbs CO2e
1 CCF (748 gallons) water in Bay Area = 2 lbs CO2e
1 passenger mile of train travel = 0.25 lbs CO2e
1 serving of Beef = 12 lbs (and 1 CCF of water); Cheese: 5.4 lbs;
Pork = 4.8 lbs; Poultry = 2.8 lbs CO2e