Activity CO2 footprint (lbsCO2)
Burn a gallon of gasoline 19.4Use a kWh of electricity (U.S. average fuel mix) - 1.3
Car trip to the grocery store (roundtrip 15 miles) - 11.6
Mowing the lawn (1hr, gas engine push mower) - 9.7
Watch TV (42” LCD), 4 hrs - 1.1
Make a pot of coffee - 0.3
Use a desktop computer (CRT screen) 8 hrs - 2.1
Use a 75W light bulb for 4hrs - 0.4
Fly 1,000 miles - 440
Annual refrigerator usage 827
Annual lawn care (mow grass 25 times) - 242.5
Annual desktop computer usage (1,000 hrs) - 260
Annual TV usage (42” LCD, 1000hrs) - 406
Annual Coffee (365 pots per year) - 109.5
Annual usage of 75W light bulb (1,500 hrs) - 146.3
Annual car usage (12,000 miles @ 25mpg) - 9,391
Annual home heating/cooling - 30,000
Average American per year - 45,000
Obama Entourage to India (flights only) - 18,671,400
Obama Entourage to India (estimated, all sources) - 27,921,100
U.N. Climate Confab (Copenhagen) - 89,100,000
Via sppiblog.org