- 5 days of average Kiwi household power use (100kWh) - if hydropower
- taking the bus from Auckland to Palmerston North (500km)
- driving from Auckland to Huntly (100km)
- 10kg of dry fertiliser (20% nitrogen fertiliser)
- 80 standard loo rolls
- a 3L steel saucepan (1kg of saucepan)
- a pair of cotton undies
- 3 square metres of wool carpet
- 2 square metres of vinyl flooring
- 1.5 square metre of window glass (single glazing)
- 1/2 a square metre of driveway concrete (10cm deep)
- a square foot of house (just the shell, typical Kiwi construction)
- a square foot of solar panel (monocrystalline)
- 44kg fruit or vegetables grown organically or in New Zealand
- 33kg conventionally grown imported fruit or vegetables
- 20L milk
- 13kg lentils
- 5kg chicken
- 2kg cheese
- 1kg of beef
Saturday, 12 May 2018
20kg of CO2e
I've been playing with some numbers and have come up with a list of things that all give about the same amount of carbon emissions (approximately 20kg CO2e):
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