Numbers don’t lie, but the people pushing them often do. It’s a simple exercise using Berkley’s interactive map to find a number of mountain towns that have worse pollution than Bend. For whatever reason the folks at Teton Gravity omitted many of these from their little list.
Here’s a list showing towns with higher levels of CO2 than Bend:
Colorado Springs, Co: 76.9
Knoxville, Tn: 66.9
Eagle, Co: 64.3
Golden, Co: 62.3
Beavercreek, Or: 62.3
Loveland, Co: 57.7
Butte, Mt: 57.4
Missoula, Mt: 55.2
Lyons, Co: 54.9
Carson City, Nv: 54.3
Reno, Nv: 53.9
Avon, Co: 51.7
Boulder, Co: 50.8
Silverthorne, Co: 50
Stowe, Vt: 48.3
Estes Park, Co: 47.8
Durango, Co: 47
Frisco, Co: 46.6
Bend, Or 46.2
To give the list a bit of perspective Yellowstone National park comes in with 43.9 metric tons of CO2.
Here's a link to Berkley's map: http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/maps
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Here’s a list showing towns with higher levels of CO2 than Bend:
Colorado Springs, Co: 76.9
Knoxville, Tn: 66.9
Eagle, Co: 64.3
Golden, Co: 62.3
Beavercreek, Or: 62.3
Loveland, Co: 57.7
Butte, Mt: 57.4
Missoula, Mt: 55.2
Lyons, Co: 54.9
Carson City, Nv: 54.3
Reno, Nv: 53.9
Avon, Co: 51.7
Boulder, Co: 50.8
Silverthorne, Co: 50
Stowe, Vt: 48.3
Estes Park, Co: 47.8
Durango, Co: 47
Frisco, Co: 46.6
Bend, Or 46.2
To give the list a bit of perspective Yellowstone National park comes in with 43.9 metric tons of CO2.
Here's a link to Berkley's map: http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/maps