How Bad Are Bananas?

My Summary

Highlights

In the UK, the total impact on the climate breaks down like this: carbon dioxide (81 per cent), methane (11 per cent), nitrous oxide (5 per cent) and refrigerant and other gases (3 per cent). — location: 233

The global average Is just over 7 tonnes per person. — location: 302

average UK person currently has an annual carbon footprint of around 13 tonnes — location: 298

Driving a mile 180g CO2e in a mid-sized five-door electric car 290g CO2e in a smart car doing a steady 60 mph 530g CO2e in an average UK car at 36 miles per gallon 1.26kg CO2e in a Range Rover Sport, new but not looked after, doing 90 mph Driving a car the UK average annual distance of 7600 miles can use anything between 25 and 200 per cent of the 5-tonne lifestyle — location: 1188

disaster, describes the whole project as NASA’s somewhat unjustifiable raison — location: 2672

of forest in the UK each year to balance a 5-tonne footprint. That’s for — location: 3228

Created by Niall Bell (niall@niallbell.com)