2.73 metres of CO2e

Fun fact 1: The Hills Shire’s municipal carbon emissions in 2019/20 were sufficient to cover the entire land area of the shire to a depth of:

2.73 metres

Fun fact 2: The weight of The Hills Shire Council’s climate action plan, when printed on 80gsm A4 paper is:

0.00 grams

Our calculation

Tony Abbott famously described CO2 as a colourless, odourless and weightless gas.  He was only correct about the first two.  Here’s how we calculated the depth of our shire’s CO2e emissions:

Weight of 1 cubic metre of CO2 (at sea level):	1.84kg	[1]
The Hills Shire emissions 2019/20 (weight):	1,942,000 tonnes CO2e	[2]
	1,942,000,000 kg CO2e
The Hills Shire emissions 2019/20 (volume):	1,055,434,783 m3
The Hills Shire land area	386 km2	[2]
	386,000,000 m2
Cubic metres of CO2e per m2	2.73

References

• [1] Volume to weight conversions for common substances and materials

• [2] The Hills Shire 2019/20 municipal emissions snapshot