Latest news 10 June 2010
Watching television has been described as a “low carbon leisure activity”.
In an article published on the BBC website, Mike Berners-Lee, author of ‘How bad are bananas? The carbon cost of everything’, claimed that an hour in front of a 42-inch plasma screen will tot up a similar amount of carbon dioxide as driving about one mile in a very efficient car.
This means that one hour spent watching the box results in around 220g of carbon dioxide.
Compared to some more adventurous activities, this compares favourably.
People who choose to spend their time travelling will expel around five tonnes of carbon dioxide on a round-the-world trip in economy class on a plane, Mr Berners-Lee claimed.
Food and drink were also analysed in the study. While exotic fruits are often considered to be high in emissions due to transport factors, the author wrote that apples from New Zealand will be responsible for around 100g of carbon dioxide, a relatively low figure due to the use of boats instead of aircraft to transport the apples.
Posted by Emily Thomas
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