[nkurz]

Does anyone have a article that clearly shows the energy costs for different container options? Let's use a 12 oz / 330 mL container of soda as the example. What I'd like to see would be something like this:

            New     Recycle  
  Glass:    GN Kwh  GR Kwh
  Plastic:  PN Kwh  PR Kwh
  Aluminum: AN Kwh  AR Kwh

That is, rather than seeing statistics that say a recycled aluminum can uses only 5% of the energy needed to create a new can (AN vs AR), I'd like to see how that 5% compares to the energy to create a new plastic bottle (AR vs PN), or to recycle a plastic bottle (AR vs PR). And I'd love for it to be units that make sense. My searching hasn't turned up much.

[dkbrk]

It's kWh not Kwh

SI prefixes and units are case sensitive.

"k" is the prefix for kilo; "K" is Kelvin.

Similarly, "W" is Watt. "w", as far as I'm aware, doesn't mean anything.

"h" is the accepted symbol for the use of hour with the SI.

[reilly3000]

I think that is brilliant. Just extend existing labeling rules to add a couple extra figures.