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While overall emissions increased 38% from 1990 to 2005, per capita GHG emissions in Eugene <br />have increased only 6% between 1990 and 2005. This means that the rate of growth in total <br />emissions has been primarily due to the growth in total population from 1990 to 2005. However, <br />per capita GHG emissions are projected to rise at about the same rate through 2020, based <br />primarily on the increased use of natural gas as an energy source. <br />Eugene’s 2005 per capita emissions are one-half of the statewide 2000 average per capita <br />emissions, and about two-fifths of the national 2000 per capita emissions, as shown in Figure 2 <br />below. This difference may be due to a combination of EWEB’s comparatively clean power <br />mix, which emits about one-tenth of the greenhouse gas per megawatt hour of the Oregon power <br />grid average emissions, and the limited scope of economic activity covered in the community <br />greenhouse gas inventory. As the community greenhouse gas inventory focuses primarily on <br />emissions generated within Eugene, the “embedded” green house gas emissions of imported <br />goods and materials are not included in Eugene’s inventory. (Theoretically, the emissions <br />related to imported goods would be counted in those communities where the manufacturing takes <br />place.) The Oregon and United States GHG emissions estimates encompass a broader range of <br />economic activities, including manufacture and transport of goods across the State and the <br />nation. More analysis of the comparison of the GHG emissions in goods exported from and <br />imported to Eugene is needed to determine what adjustment, if any, should be made to Eugene’s <br />per capita GHG estimate. City staff has recommended to Oregon Department of Energy and <br />ICLEI researchers that this is an area needing an accepted protocol. <br />Figure 2 - PerCapitaEmissions <br />Eugene, State of OregonandUS <br />25.0 <br />20.6 <br />20.0 <br />16.6 <br />15.0 <br />10.0 <br />8.8 <br />8.6 <br />8.1 <br />5.0 <br />- <br />Eugene1990Eugene2005Eugene2020Oregon 2000US 2000 <br />(Source of Oregon and US data: Oregon Strategy for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, December, 2004 ) <br />4 <br />