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The Math
| Driving | 5.07 MT C02 |
| Food | 2.5 MT CO2 |
| Energy | 7.5 MT CO2 |
| Phones | 7 MT CO2 |
| Shopping | 6.21MT CO2 |
| Flights | 3.7893 MT CO2 |
| Hotel | 1.085 MT CO2 |
| Netflix | 1.752 MT CO2 |
| Total | 34.4267 MT CO2 |
Assuming the average American drives 20,200km per year,
The average car uses about 404 grams of CO2 per mile. To translate from miles to kilometres, we divide miles by 1.609, and simultaneously divide grams by 1.609. This means the average car uses about 251 grams of C02 per kilometer.
(divide by 1.609) 1: 404grams (divide by 1.609)
0.6214: 251grams
Then we multiply 251 grams of C02/kilometer by 20,200 kilometres to see how many grams of CO2 are used per year.
251 grams of C02 / kilometer x 20,200 km = 5,070,200 grams of C02 per month
In order to change grams to metric tons, we multiply grams by 0.0000001. Here we get 0.3179 MT CO2 per month.
5,070,200 grams CO2 x 0.0000001= 5.0702 MT C02 per month
The average person, with a diet including meat, dairy, fruits and vegetables and cereals emits 2.5 tons of CO2 per year.
The average household emits 7.5 MT of CO2 per year including laundry, showers, heating and cooling and appliances.
If a person uses their phone for one hour per day over a year they would emit 1.4 tons of CO2.
The average person spends 3-5 hours per day on their phone. Which means over a year the average individual would emit 7 tons of CO2 for phone usage.
1.4 tons CO2 x 5 hours = 7 MT of CO2
Let’s assume the average person shops for clothing about once per month.
We know the average plane emits 115grams of carbon per kilometer, let’s assume the clothing came from 4500km away.
115 grams CO2 per km x 4500km x 12 months = 6,210,000 grams of CO2
In order to change grams of CO2 to metric tons of CO2 we use the conversion factor 0.0000001
6,210,000 grams CO2 x 0.000001 = 6.21 MT CO2
Planes emit 115g CO2 per kilometer. We use the conversion factor 0.000001 to get from grams to metric tons and we get 0.000115 MT of CO2 per kilometer of air travel.
115grams x 0.000001 = 0.000115 MT Carbon
Let’s assume that over the year this couple flies from California to Washington twice per year, which is 7391 km round trip and 14,783 for two trips. They also fly to Europe once per year, this year they go to France which is 9,084km one way, and 18,168km both ways. In total, this couple is flying 32,951km per year.
In order to get the total emissions, we multiply 0.000115 by 32,951 km and get 3.7893MT CO2.
0.000115 MT x 32,951= 3.7893 MT CO2
Hotels emit about 31kg of CO2 per room per night. Assuming this individual couple stays at hotels 35 nights per year during their vacations, and each night emits 31kg CO2, they will emit a total of 930kg of CO2 from hotels.
35 x 31kg = 1,085kg CO2
In order to change this number from kilograms of CO2 to metric tons of CO2 we use the conversion factor 0.001.
1,085kg CO2 x 0.001 = 1.085 MT CO2
Every half hour of Netflix watched emits 1.6kg of CO2. Since the average person watches 1.5 hours of Netflix per day, we multiply emissions per hour, by hours per day to get total emissions per day.
1.5 hours per day is equal to 3,30 minute segments.
1.6kg CO2/ half hour x 3 half hours = 4.8kg CO2 per day
Over one month we would emit 144kg CO2.
4.8kg CO2 x 30 days = 144kg CO2 per month
In order to change kg of CO2 to metric tons of CO2 we use the conversion factor 0.001
144kg CO2 x 0.001 = 0.144 MT CO2
In total over one year the average person would emit 31.7717 MT CO2
Link – Car Emissions – https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle
Link – Food Emissions – https://www.greeneatz.com/foods-carbon-footprint.html
Link – Household Emissions – https://www.ccfpd.org/Portals/0/Assets/PDF/Facts_Chart.pdf
Link – Phone Emissions – https://nypost.com/2019/05/01/a-year-of-cell-phone-use-emits-as-much-CO2-as-two-round-trip-flights/
Link – Carbon Emission of Planes – https://www.carbonindependent.org/22.html
Link – Hotel Emissions – https://considerategroup.com/carbon-emissions/
Link – Carbon Emissions of Netflix – https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/half-hour-of-netflix-leads-to-emissions-of-1-6kg-of-co2-equivalent-climate-experts-11572240109579.html
Link – Average Time on Netflix – https://time.com/4186137/netflix-hours-per-day/
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