The first chart below shows how energy is used in an average Australian household. The second chart shows the greenhouse gas emissions which result from this energy use. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts compare the percentages of energy consumed for various purposes and how much greenhouse

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is emitted by an average Australian family.

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the power is mainly spent on heating, the activity contributing the largest proportion of glasshouse

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emissions is, in fact, water heating. It is not necessary that an operation absorbing much power discharges a large amount of hothouse

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. In terms of the principal elements, despite the fact that nearly half of

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energy (around 42%) is used for heating, only less than a fifth (15%) of total greenhouse

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emissions are constituted by

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activity.

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, the share of energy usage and released the high global warming potential

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is approximately the same for the water heating operation (almost a

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), for the cooling activity (a very small minority at 3% and 2% respectively). Turning to other minor factors, the percentage of greenhouse gases emitted

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twice as large as the corresponding share of power harnessed,

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refrigeration (at 14% and 7 % for each instance), lighting (8% and 3% correspondingly) and other appliances (28% and 15% respectively).