Estimated carbon footprint, loss of natural habitat potential for one year, loss of plant and animal life potential for one year, and extinction potential, from making, packaging, shipping and/or using these products or services. ———– + Except for CO2 emissions, estimates are based on Habitat, Life, Extinction Formulas v2 by the XOEarth Team. + Estimates do not include the possible long-term ecological effects of climate change and persistent toxins. Formulas use “human appropriated net primary production (HANPP)” to “CO2 emissions” correlation. ———– 1 kg(kilogram) = 2.2 lb(pounds) 1 m^2(square meter) = 10.8 ft^2(square feet) 1 km(kilometers) = .62 mi(miles) 1 liter = .26 gallons | |||||
| Beer – a 6 pack of Fat Tire Amber Ale made by New Belgium full life cycle analysis including all materials, production, retail and end user ecofx CO2 from The Climate Conservancy and NewBelgium.com [[#ref1]] | Some of the materials used in this product’s full life cycle. multiple fuels, glass, grain, paper ? kg ? lb | CO2 released from the full life cycle of this product. 3.2 kg 7 lb | Loss of natural habitat potential for one year from the full life cycle of this product. 2.5 m^2 26.5 ft^2 | Loss of native plant and animal life potential from the full life cycle of this product. 7.7 kg 16.8 lb | How many of this product it would take considering its full life cycle footprint to trigger 1 potential species extinction. 61 million |
| Beer – a 6 pack of Fat Tire Amber Ale made by New Belgium product materials and manufacturing CO2 from The Climate Conservancy and NewBelgium.com [[#ref1]] | Some of the materials used to manufacture this product. multiple fuels, glass, grain, paper ? kg ? lb | CO2 released to make this product. 1.7 kg 3.7 lb | Loss of natural habitat potential for one year to make this product. 1.3 m^2 14.2 ft^2 | Loss of native plant and animal life potential to make this product. 4.1 kg 9 lb | How many of this product if they were made to trigger 1 potential species extinction. 114 million |
| Beer – a 6 pack of Fat Tire Amber Ale made by New Belgium for retail refrigeration only CO2 from The Climate Conservancy and NewBelgium.com [[#ref1]] | Refrigeration energy source. electricity ? kg ? lb | CO2 released from refrigerating this product by retail store. .83 kg 1.8 lb | Loss of natural habitat potential for one year from refrigerating this product by retail store. .64 m^2 7 ft^2 | Loss of native plant and animal life potential from refrigerating this product by retail store. 2 kg 4.38 lb | How many instances of refrigerating this product by a retail store to trigger 1 potential species extinction. 235 million |
==Summaries==
A life cycle study of one beer brand shows that the CO2 emissions from a 6-pack of micro-brew beer is about 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) — including grain production, brewing, bottling, distribution and waste management. Based on New Belgium 2008 LCA/ carbon footprint of Fat Tire Amber Ale. Yours, Stele
==Extra==
Draught beer’s environmental impact might be lower than bottled beer.
www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/draught-beer-beats-bottled-in-life-cycle-assessment.html
link.springer.com/article/10.1065%2Flca2007.02.306 Home brewing might reduce the environmental impact of beer via less packaging and transportation.
Downstream emissions from distribution, retail, storage and disposal of waste can be over 45% of a bottled micro-brew beer’s CO2 emissions.
The use of a refillable jug, reusable bottle or other reusable containers to transport draught beer from a store or a bar (where legal) can reduce the environmental impact of beer consumption (as opposed to buying pre-bottled beer).
==References==
1. https://www.ess.uci.edu/~sjdavis/pubs/Fat_Tire_2008.pdf
==Ecomedia==
==External links==
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer
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