very approximate carbon footprint
Feb. 18th, 2024 05:20 pmAfter two months of being the only person in the house (except for two weekends), it seems like I have used
PER DAY:
8-9 kW hours of electricity (including cooking, lights, device charging, etc.).
6 gallons of fuel oil for heat
<1/2 gallon of gas for the car (based on gas station credit card bills, I use about 3 gallons a week)
I don't know how to calculate my share of 7 or 8 local buses plus maybe 6 subway rides a week.
The only plastic I acquire is frozen food or bread bags, for the most part.
Not buying clothes of late, fuel-based or otherwise.
I expect to drive to and from Vermont in April, drive to Maine and back in October, and take train & plane to see my sister sometime this year (timing TBD).
The last time I flew was to Florida in December.
The next time I plan to fly is to Florida (same relatives) in March.
Using an online calculator
https://co2.myclimate.org/en/calculate_emissions
sitting in economy on a roundtrip flight to Incheon in a Boeing 787 would produce
4.5 tons of carbon. The obvious thing to do would be to calculate my daily usage as shown above and compare. Maybe tomorrow when I have more time and patience.
PER DAY:
8-9 kW hours of electricity (including cooking, lights, device charging, etc.).
6 gallons of fuel oil for heat
<1/2 gallon of gas for the car (based on gas station credit card bills, I use about 3 gallons a week)
I don't know how to calculate my share of 7 or 8 local buses plus maybe 6 subway rides a week.
The only plastic I acquire is frozen food or bread bags, for the most part.
Not buying clothes of late, fuel-based or otherwise.
I expect to drive to and from Vermont in April, drive to Maine and back in October, and take train & plane to see my sister sometime this year (timing TBD).
The last time I flew was to Florida in December.
The next time I plan to fly is to Florida (same relatives) in March.
Using an online calculator
https://co2.myclimate.org/en/calculate_emissions
sitting in economy on a roundtrip flight to Incheon in a Boeing 787 would produce
4.5 tons of carbon. The obvious thing to do would be to calculate my daily usage as shown above and compare. Maybe tomorrow when I have more time and patience.