Add a stacked area output graph that shows the CO2 embedded in exported fuels by fuel type. That is, it should be the amount of CO2 expected to be released when the fuels are burned (outside the modeled region), assuming no CCS. The value should be zero for exported electricity, because any emissions associated with producing the electricity are already accounted for within the model boundaries. Similarly, no new handling of imported fuels is needed, because any CO2 they emit is already modeled.
The new graph might be in the CO2 or the fuel import/export/production top tier menu categories.
Limiting this to CO2 because emissions of other pollutants, such as PM2.5 or NOx, are too strongly dependent on emissions control technologies used when they are burned, which by definition we're not simulating outside of the model boundaries. But CO2 per unit fuel is not so dependent on the technology in which the fuel is burned, as long as there isn't carbon capture.
This graph may be particularly relevant to major fuel exporters, such as the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Australia, etc.
jrissman
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4 years ago
Add a stacked area output graph that shows the CO2 embedded in exported fuels by fuel type. That is, it should be the amount of CO2 expected to be released when the fuels are burned (outside the modeled region), assuming no CCS. The value should be zero for exported electricity, because any emissions associated with producing the electricity are already accounted for within the model boundaries. Similarly, no new handling of imported fuels is needed, because any CO2 they emit is already modeled.
The new graph might be in the CO2 or the fuel import/export/production top tier menu categories.
Limiting this to CO2 because emissions of other pollutants, such as PM2.5 or NOx, are too strongly dependent on emissions control technologies used when they are burned, which by definition we're not simulating outside of the model boundaries. But CO2 per unit fuel is not so dependent on the technology in which the fuel is burned, as long as there isn't carbon capture.
This graph may be particularly relevant to major fuel exporters, such as the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Australia, etc.