Test Your Knowledge Answers
Find the answers to RMI’s Annual Report quiz questions here.
Q1: C and E
India has stated that every vehicle sold in the country will be powered by electricity by 2030. China has pledged to end sales of fossil fuel vehicles by 2040. RMI is working with top government officials and in-country partners in China and India to help them reach their goals.
Source: https://www.truthdig.com/articles/china-plans-ban-
sale-fossil-fuel-vehicles/
Q2: B
Improving the energy efficiency of U.S. commercial and industrial buildings by 10 percent would prevent a whopping 2,334 million tons of CO2 equivalent each year — the same emissions as 49 million vehicles. The state of New York emits much less: 170 million metric tons of CO2 each year, and both the Taichung coal-fired power plant in Taiwan (the world’s largest) and the country of Switzerland emit about 40 million tons of CO2 per year. RMI’s Buildings program is helping make the energy retrofitting of commercial and industrial buildings commonplace, so that this critical sector can drastically reduce its emissions — and costs.
Source: https://www.energystar.gov/buildings/about-us/
facts-and-stats
Q3: E—none of the above
Most islands in the Caribbean rely on imported diesel for 100 percent of their electricity. That’s why RMI’s Islands Energy program is helping Caribbean islands transition to energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Source: http://www.geni.org/globalenergy/library/national_
energy_grid/cuba/carib.shtml
Q4: A and C
The World Bank estimates that 780 million women and children breathing particulate-laden kerosene fumes inhale the equivalent of smoke from two packs of cigarettes a day. The World Health Organization identifies this type of indoor air pollution as one of the world’s leading causes of death — killing far more people every year than malaria. RMI’s SEED program is helping to
change that by bringing clean, reliable electricity to communities that rely on kerosene for lighting.
Sources: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-18262217
http://www.businessinsider.com/foods-people-think-are-
bad-unhealthy-that-arent-2017–3/#fish-11
https://www.nbcnews.com/better/diet-fitness/7-seemingly-
unhealthy-things-are-actually-good-you-n734966
Q5: A
If the shipping industry were a country, it would be the sixth-largest polluter behind the U.S., China, Russia, India, and Japan. RMI’s Shipping Efficiency program is working to improve the fuel efficiency and carbon footprint of global commercial shipping fleets 25 percent by 2025.
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/shipping-industry-bigger-you-can-imagine/312253/
Q6: D
The transportation sector is one of the largest contributors to U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, just below electricity (29 percent) and above industry (21 percent). That’s why RMI is working with the shipping industry, trucking industry, airports, and U.S. cities to transform transportation to make it possible to move people and the goods that we depend on using significantly less oil — and emitting less carbon.
Source: https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/fast-facts-
transportation-greenhouse-gas-emissions
Q7: C
Truck drivers in the U.S. log 432 billion miles annually, enough miles to travel to Pluto and back nearly 25 times. This consumes 25 billion gallons of fuel per year. That’s why RMI’s Trucking Efficiency program is working to double U.S. freight efficiency, driving down the carbon footprint of getting people their everyday products.
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-staggering-
statistics-behind-americas-trucking-industry-2016–12
Q8: A
Truck drivers in the U.S. log 432 billion miles annually, enough miles to travel to Pluto and back nearly 25 times. This consumes 25 billion gallons of fuel per year. That’s why RMI’s Trucking Efficiency program is working to double U.S. freight efficiency, driving down the carbon footprint of getting people their everyday products.
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-staggering-
statistics-behind-americas-trucking-industry-2016–12
