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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5718
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-1
pubmed:abstractText
We analyzed the mortality impacts and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by household energy use in Africa. Under a business-as-usual (BAU) scenario, household indoor air pollution will cause an estimated 9.8 million premature deaths by the year 2030. Gradual and rapid transitions to charcoal would delay 1.0 million and 2.8 million deaths, respectively; similar transitions to petroleum fuels would delay 1.3 million and 3.7 million deaths. Cumulative BAU GHG emissions will be 6.7 billion tons of carbon by 2050, which is 5.6% of Africa's total emissions. Large shifts to the use of fossil fuels would reduce GHG emissions by 1 to 10%. Charcoal-intensive future scenarios using current practices increase emissions by 140 to 190%; the increase can be reduced to 5 to 36% using currently available technologies for sustainable production or potentially reduced even more with investment in technological innovation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
308
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
98-103
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Africa South of the Sahara, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Air Pollution, Indoor, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Biomass, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Carbon Dioxide, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Charcoal, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Child, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Costs and Cost Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Databases, Factual, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Energy-Generating Resources, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Forecasting, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Fossil Fuels, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Greenhouse Effect, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Mortality, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Petroleum, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Public Health, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Respiratory Tract Infections, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Rural Population, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Urban Population, pubmed-meshheading:15802601-Wood
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Mortality and greenhouse gas impacts of biomass and petroleum energy futures in Africa.
pubmed:affiliation
Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3050, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't