Encourage auto centers to install CFC recycling equipment for auto air conditioners. Freon is released during servicing to become both a greenhouse gas and an ozone layer destroyer.

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Go Green in Kansas City, Missouri

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Average Carbon Footprint for Kansas City, Missouri

Carbon Output (metric tons)

Average	18.18
High	104.95
Low	2.21

Carbon Score (ECP)

Average	395
High	999
Low	149

Top 10 "Go Green" Pledges by members from Kansas City

1.	I will turn my computer monitor off overnight
2.	I will eat one vegetarian meal each week
3.	I will change 4 light bulbs to cfl's
4.	I will plant one tree
5.	I will use left-over plastic bags as trash bags
6.	I will buy carbon offsets for my next flight
7.	I will unplug my cell phone charger when not in use
8.	I will remove and throw my bottle cap away before I recycle my plastic bottle
9.	I will switch to green power
10.	I will carpool one day a week

Missouri was the first State west of the Mississippi River to produce coal commercially, although output today is minimal.
The western leg of the Rockies Express natural gas pipeline passes near Kansas City before terminating in northeast Missouri.
Coal is the dominant fuel for electricity generation in Missouri and typically supplies more than four-fifths of the electricity market.

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