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To get to zero by 2050, Missouri must cut emissions by 3.7% a year

Emissions in Missouri

Million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) [?] equivalent (MTCO2e [?]) emissions

Note: Grey area indicates missing data due to processing delays.
Source: WRI, Mar 2021

This is how we're going to do it

Missouri's climate pollution, by source
🏭 Other: 30%🔌 Power: 39%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 Buildings: 8%

Source: WRI, Mar 2021

    Decarbonize Our Buildings

    🏭 Other: 30%🔌 Power: 39%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 Buildings: 8%

    8% of Missouri's climate pollution comes from buildings.

    We burn fossil fuels to heat our air, water, and food.

    To cut this pollution...

    Let's electrify our heat!

    We'll replace...

    • Boilers and furnaces with heat pumps [?]
    • Gas stoves with electric induction stoves [?]

    ...in all of Missouri's 3.2 million buildings.

    In fact, 40% of appliances in buildings in Missouri are already fossil fuel free!

    That means we only need to electrify the remaining 1.9 million dirty buildings in Missouri. That's around 71,000 per year.

    Percent of Buildings electrifiedA chart showing the share of Buildings that have already been electrified and still based in fossil fuel.39.57% have been electrified, and the remaining 60.43% are fossil fuel based.Buildings ElectrifiedNot yetSource: Microsoft, Mar 2021; NREL, Dec 2021

    Electrifying all buildings cuts 8% of the pollution.

    🏭 Other: 30%🔌 Power: 39%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 Buildings: 8%

    Decarbonize Our Transport

    🏭 Other: 30%🔌 Power: 39%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 Buildings: 8%

    24% of Missouri's pollution comes from cars, trucks, trains, and planes.

    But mostly from cars.

    To cut this pollution,

    your next car must be electric.

    Or consider going car-free with public transit, bikes/e-bikes, car share, or other alternatives!

    There are 2.0 million vehicles in Missouri and 7,000 are already electric (0.3% of the total).

    We need to electrify (or replace) the remaining 2.0 million gas-powered vehicles. That's around 73,000 a year.

    Percent of Vehicles electrifiedA chart showing the share of Vehicles that have already been electrified and still based in fossil fuel.0.3% have been electrified, and the remaining 99.7% are fossil fuel based.Vehicles ElectrifiedNot yetSource: DOT, Feb 2021

    Electrifying all transportation cuts 24% of the pollution.

    🏭 Other: 30%🔌 Power: 39%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 Buildings: 8%

    Decarbonize Our Power

    🏭 Other: 30%🔌 Power: 39%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 Buildings: 8%

    39% of Missouri's pollution comes from burning coal, gas, and oil to make power.

    Dirty power plant

    To cut this pollution...

    Put solar panels on your roof!

    Then, we'll replace all fossil fuel power plants with solar and wind farms.

    We need to replace dirty power plants with clean ones (mostly wind and solar)

    ...and find good jobs for those workers.

    Current Fossil Fuel Power Plants in Missouri

    11 coal plants

    Name: Labadie County: Franklin Megawatt Capacity: 2,389 Utility: Union Electric Co - (MO)

    Labadie
    Franklin County
    2,389 MW

    Name: Iatan County: Platte Megawatt Capacity: 1,725 Utility: Evergy Metro

    Iatan
    Platte County
    1,725 MW

    Name: New Madrid Power Plant County: New Madrid Megawatt Capacity: 1,300 Utility: Associated Electric Coop, Inc

    New Madrid Power Plant
    New Madrid County
    1,300 MW

    Name: Rush Island County: Jefferson Megawatt Capacity: 1,242 Utility: Union Electric Co - (MO)

    Rush Island
    Jefferson County
    1,242 MW

    Name: Thomas Hill Energy Center County: Randolph Megawatt Capacity: 1,182 Utility: Associated Electric Coop, Inc

    Thomas Hill Energy Center
    Randolph County
    1,182 MW

    Name: Sioux County: St Charles Megawatt Capacity: 1,099 Utility: Union Electric Co - (MO)

    Sioux
    St Charles County
    1,099 MW

    Name: Hawthorn County: Jackson Megawatt Capacity: 1,046 Utility: Evergy Metro

    Hawthorn
    Jackson County
    1,046 MW

    Name: Meramec County: St Louis Megawatt Capacity: 1,041 Utility: Union Electric Co - (MO)

    Meramec
    St Louis County
    1,041 MW

    Name: John Twitty Energy Center County: Greene Megawatt Capacity: 603 Utility: City Utilities of Springfield - (MO)

    John Twitty Energy Center
    Greene County
    603 MW

    Name: Sikeston County: Scott Megawatt Capacity: 261 Utility: City of Sikeston - (MO)

    Sikeston
    Scott County
    261 MW

    Name: Asbury County: Jasper Megawatt Capacity: 232 Utility: Empire District Electric Co

    Asbury
    Jasper County
    232 MW

    34 gas plants

    Name: Audrain Power Plant County: Audrain Megawatt Capacity: 814 Utility: Union Electric Co - (MO)

    Audrain Power Plant
    Audrain County
    814 MW

    Name: State Line (MO) County: Jasper Megawatt Capacity: 691 Utility: Empire District Electric Co

    State Line (MO)
    Jasper County
    691 MW

    Name: Dogwood Energy Facility County: Cass Megawatt Capacity: 630 Utility: Dogwood Power Management, LLC

    Dogwood Energy Facility
    Cass County
    630 MW

    Name: St. Francis Power Plant County: Dunklin Megawatt Capacity: 507 Utility: Associated Electric Coop, Inc

    St. Francis Power Plant
    Dunklin County
    507 MW

    ...and 30 more

    26 oil plants

    Name: Northeast Generating Station County: Jackson Megawatt Capacity: 490 Utility: Evergy Metro

    Northeast Generating Station
    Jackson County
    490 MW

    Name: Fairgrounds County: Cole Megawatt Capacity: 68 Utility: Union Electric Co - (MO)

    Fairgrounds
    Cole County
    68 MW

    Name: Moreau County: Cole Megawatt Capacity: 61 Utility: Union Electric Co - (MO)

    Moreau
    Cole County
    61 MW

    Name: Mexico County: Audrain Megawatt Capacity: 61 Utility: Union Electric Co - (MO)

    Mexico
    Audrain County
    61 MW

    ...and 22 more

    Find the dirty plants near you

    Source: EPA, Jan 2021

    But wait!

    It's not enough to replace our power plants with wind and solar farms.

    To power our electric cars and buildings, we need two times the electricity we have today.

    In all, we'll need to build 8,000 megawatt (MW) [?] of wind power and 8,000 MW of solar power.

    Since the average wind turbine provides 2.75 MW of peak capacity, Missouri would need to install about 3,000 turbines.

    Since Missouri already has 754 MW of wind and 62 MW of solar, that's 7,000 MW of wind power we need to build and 8,000 MW of solar power. That's around 256 MW of wind power and 302 MW of solar power a year.

    Percent of needed Wind & Solar builtA chart showing the share of Solar and Wind capacity that has already been installed and rest to be installed. We are 6% of the way to what we need to be carbon neutral by 2050.MWs of Wind & Solar Built

    Source: EIA, Apr 2022

    Decarbonizing all dirty power cuts 39% of the pollution.

    And gives us zero-emissions power we need to eliminate pollution from buildings and cars!

    🏭 Other: 30%🔌 Power: 39%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 Buildings: 8%

    Other Emissions

    🏭 Other: 30%🔌 Power: 39%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 Buildings: 8%

    The last 30% of Missouri's climate pollution comes from other sources...

    This includes farming, landfills, industry, and leaks from gas pipelines.

    There's no one solution to solve these problems, but there are lots of great ideas:

    • No-till farming to keep CO2 in the soil
    • Capturing methane leaks from landfills
    • Capturing CO2 to make emissions-free concrete
    • Burning green hydrogen to make emissions-free steel
    • Plugging methane leaks from gas pipelines

    That doesn't mean there's no solution, it just means that clean electrification [?] doesn't help with these problems, and you could fill a whole book with covering all of them. We need to encourage our politicians to invest in researching new solutions and implementing existing solutions to these problems!

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