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Pressing enter will save the fuel price. For fuels other than electricity, the
next screen will ask if you want to reset the recorded maximum and minimum
values (see section 3.4). Otherwise, more configuration is required for
electricity.
3.3.4 Generation mix of electricity
Now that the price of electricity has been set, the generation mix has to
be entered to calculate the amount of carbon dioxide being offset. The other
three fuels have built-in CO
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emission rates.
There are ten fuel types for which percentages need to be set. They are
listed below with the associated number that appears on the screen:
0. coal
1. petroleum
2. natural gas
3. nuclear
4. hydro-electric
5. gasoline
6. diesel
7. solar photovoltaic (PV)
8. wind
9. biomass
For each of the generation sources, up to 100% may be entered, so long
as the total for all ten does not exceed 100%. For example, if 51% is entered
for coal, there would be 49% left for the remaining sources. The final total does
not need to equal 100% since there are possibly more sources beyond the ten
that are included (such as wood).
Below is an example for coal when it makes up 51% of the electricity
generation mix:
Figure 3.3.4