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Texas's Carbon Footprint Score: #10


Texas's Carbon Emissions Score: #1

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Texas Electricity Industry Summary \| Commercial Energy Statistics \| Industrial Energy Consumption Statistics \| Residential Energy Statistics \| Texas Transportation Energy Statistics \| Pollution Summary \| Carbon Footprint Texas has a per capita Carbon Score of 10. Texas has the 2nd highest resident population. Each Texas resident, per population average, produces approximately 32 Tons of Carbon Dioxide each year. Texas has a total Carbon output state rank of #1, and is the #1st highest Carbon Dioxide polluting state in the United States. Texas leads the Nation in fossil fuel reserves and in non-hydropower renewable energy potential. Texas crude oil reserves represent almost one-fourth of total U.S. oil reserves, and Texas natural gas reserves account for almost three-tenths of total U.S. natural gas reserves. Although Texas's oil reserves are found throughout the State in several geologic basins, the largest remaining reserves are concentrated in the Permian Basin of West Texas, which contains more than 20 of the Nation's top 100 oil fields. Similarly, deposits of natural gas are found in abundance in several Texas production basins, with the largest fields heavily concentrated in the East Texas Basin in the northeastern part of the State. Texas's fossil fuel reserves also include substantial deposits of lignite coal, found in narrow bands in the Gulf Coast region, and bituminous coal, found in north central and southwestern Texas. Texas is also rich in renewable energy potential, including wind, solar, and biomass resources. Wind resource areas in the Texas Panhandle, along the Gulf Coast south of Galveston, and in the mountain passes and ridgetops of the Trans-Pecos offer Texas some of the greatest wind power potential in the United States. Solar power potential is also among the highest in the country, with high levels of direct solar radiation (suitable to support large-scale solar power plants) concentrated in West Texas. Due to its large agricultural and forestry sectors, Texas has an abundance of biomass energy resources. Although Texas is not known as a major hydropower State, substantial untapped potential exists in several river basins, including the Colorado River of Texas and the Lower Red. Due to its large population and an energy-intensive economy, Texas leads the Nation in energy consumption, accounting for more than one-tenth of total U.S. energy use. Energy-intensive industries in Texas include aluminum, chemicals, forest products, glass, and petroleum refining. EIA Release Date Information for Texas: US Department of Energy
Gas	1st
Primary Electricity Fuel Source	Summer Capacity Rank \| 101,046 MW: Total Net (MW) Summer Capacity
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Megawatt Hours	1st
	Net Generation Rank \| 396,668,721 MWh: Net Generation (MWh)
Texas Commercial Energy Consumption Ranking
3rd	1344.8
Commercial Ranking (most by State)	Commercial BTU's
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Texas Industrial Energy Consumption Ranking
1st	6706.3
Industrial Ranking (most by State)	Industrial BTU's
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Texas Residential Energy Consumption Ranking
1st	1624.3
Residential Ranking (most by State)	Residential BTU's
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Texas Transportation Energy Consumption Ranking
2nd	2694.4
Transportation Ranking (most by State)	Transportation BTU's
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Megawatt Hours	1st
	Net Generation Rank \| 396,668,721 MWh: Net Generation (MWh)
Texas Pollution Summary
SO2, SO3	5th
Sulfur Dioxide Output	Sulfur Dioxide Rank \| 549,000: Sulfur Dioxide Emissions in Metric Tons
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NOx, NO and NO2	3rd
Nitrogen Oxide Output	Nitrogen Oxide Rank \| 247,000: Nitrogen Oxide Emissions in Metric Tons
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Texas Carbon Dioxide Footprint Data (Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide) Per Year
CO2 Output	1st
Carbon Output	State Ranking (most consumption) \| 670.22 Total Carbon Output
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15.2	227.29	14.97	189.13
Commercial Carbon Output	Industrial Carbon Output	Residential Carbon Output	Transportation's Carbon Output
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223.65
Electric Carbon Output
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