KANSAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND SINKS INVENTORY:

SUMMARY

Kansas Greenhouse Gas Emissions for 1990

Million Metric Tons of Carbon Equivalent

18.0
16.0-
14.0-
12.0-
10.0-
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0





~ carbon
equivalent

Total
Energy

Waste Agriculture Industry Land Use

Sector

The report "Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory for the State of Kansas: Estimates for
1990' provides a detailed inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks for Kansas
in 1990. Emissions were estimated using methods from EPA's 1992 guidance
document State Workbook: Methodologies for Estimating Greenhouse Gas
Emissions. In 1990, Kansas emitted 20.8 million metric tons of carbon equivalent
(MMTCE). Kansas estimated emissions of 0.01 MMTCE from biomass fuels.

Emissions from biomass fuels are not included in the reported total or the table below.1

The principal greenhouse gases were carbon dioxide, comprising 65.2 million metric
tons (17.8 MMTCE), and methane, with 0.4 million metric tons (2.1 MMTCE). Other
emissions included 0.07 million metric tons of nitrous oxide (0.09 MMTCE).

1 Note that the state of the art emission inventory method has advanced since Kansas completed
its inventory; therefore, we revised Kansas' emission estimates to reflect updated values for global
warming potentials. The most recent inventory guidance is available on the Internet at
http://www.epa.gOv/ttnchie1/eiip/techrep.htm#qreen.

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Kansas Greenhouse Gas Emissions for 1990

SECTOR

co2

Methane

Nitrous Oxide

HFCs, PFCs,

Total GHG



(MMTCE)

(MMTCE)

(MMTCE)

and SF6

Emissions









(MMTCE)

(MMTCE)

Energy - Residential

1.0

*

*

*

1.0

Energy - Commercial

0.8

*

*

*

0.8

Energy - Industrial

3.8

*

*

*

3.8

Energy - Transport

5.2

*

*

*

5.2

Energy - Utility

7.1

*

*

*

7.1

Energy - Exported Electricity

*

*

*

*

*

Energy - Other

*

*

*

*

*

Total Energy

17.8

0.1

*

*

17.8

Waste

*

0.3

*

*

0.3

Agriculture

*

1.8

0.8

*

2.6

Industry

0.0

*

0.1

*

0.1

Land Use

0.1

*

*

*

0.1

Total

17.8

2.1

0.9

*

20.8

All emissions are reported in million metric tons of carbon equivalent (MMTCE).

An asterisk (*) indicates that emissions of the gas from this sector were zero, insignificant, or not reported.

Emissions due to coal mining and extraction of natural gas and oil are included in the energy - other
figures, and emissions from biofuel combustion are excluded.

The major source of carbon dioxide emissions was fossil fuel combustion (85%), most
of which (70%) was accounted for by the electric utility and transportation sectors.
Contributors to methane emissions included domesticated animals (76%), landfills
(12%), manure management (7%), and minor emissions from mining and extraction of
natural gas, oil, and coal, and wastewater treatment. Sources of nitrous oxide
emissions included fertilizer use (90%) and industrial processes (10%). Kansas did not
evaluate sources and sinks (i.e., an increase in forest carbon storage) associated with
land use.

Kansas emissions in 1990 were 8.4 MTCE per capita, compared to 1990 U.S. emissions
of 6.4 MTCE per capita.

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