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If the U.S. does nothing for eight years, the associated emissions would correspond to 50 billion tonnes of CO2, which would translate to long term warming of ~0.1 degrees C.
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About 11.4 million metric tonnes of wood are utilized annually for curing: the drying of the tobacco leaf, which is achieved through various methods, including wood fires.
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The Landkreuzer would have weighed 1000 tonnes, or the equivalent of 16 modern Abrams tanks with 30 percent of that weight coming from munitions alone.
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The energy savings from replacing 770 million household and street lights will cut India’s peak electricity demand by 20,000 megawatts (MW) and slash emissions of climate-heating CO2 by nearly 80 million tonnes annually.
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New Zealand now produces 200,000 tonnes (196,840 tons) of wool each year — coarse wool that ends up mainly in the world’s carpets.
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Origin and Etymology of tonne
French, from tonne tun, from Old French — more at tunnel
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