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How much Carbon Dioxide does a city like Sydney produce?

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The figure for 2006 for Australia is 18.2 metric tons of CO2 per person per year.

Sydney's population is 4,504,469, which means that Sydney produces 81 981 335.8 tonnes of CO2 per year. (That's nearly 82 million tonnes!)

(A metric ton, or a tonne, equals 1000 kilograms.)

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