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What's the carbon footprint of a text message, having a child, the world cup...?

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9th June, 2010

Using data from Mike Berners-Lee's fascinating new book, 'How Bad are Bananas?', this graphic shows the carbon impact of some everyday activities

 

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Re: What's the carbon footprint of a text message, having a child, the world cup...?
Posted By Ian348 1 June 16, 2010 10:01:03 PM

in the article it says CO2e, when I assume it means carbon dioxide. What is the final E ?

Re: What's the carbon footprint of a text message, having a child, the world cup...?
Posted By PeterMacfadyen 1 June 17, 2010 11:56:54 AM

The final "e" stands for equivalent. There are many other greenhouse gasses alongside CO2, Methane and nitrous Oxide for example.... they are often more damaging as Grenhouse gasses......Methane is 25 times "worse" (i think) If an item emits these, then the gas in question is converted to a "CO2 equivalent".... so 1kg of methane would have a CO2e of 25kg. Hope that helps!
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