Atmospheric scientists and climatologists use the metric ton for such
things. That is not to say that all journalists, government officials,
or members of the public realize that. Those folks might then use some
other ton, which would not match the terminology in the literature.
Jim
Remek Kocz wrote:
Which ton is used for the carbon footprint in the US? Short ton or
metric ton? I saw that the recent Car and Driver magazine has been
reporting pounds/mile CO2 emissions figures for the cars they review, so
I can only assume when discussing tons of carbon produced by whatever
entities, we're using short tons. Correct? This reminds me of some
incident a year or two ago when the White House declared that they saved
a bunch of money by paying for their carbon footprint by the short ton
rather than the metric ton.
Remek
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