Carbonle #5 — June 5, 2026

Today: the fridge and the fruit bowl

The order that day, lightest footprint to heaviest.

• 1💧Bottled waterWater has a footprint, and it's the bottle: plastic and trucking. Tap water is ~1000× lighter.0.32 kg CO₂e / kg
• 2🥑An avocadoThe internet's climate villain, lighter than a tomato. The reputation outruns the number.1.55 kg CO₂e / kg
• 3🧀Soft cheeseBrie or Camembert: cow's milk, so it climbs, but less than you'd fear.5.14 kg CO₂e / kg
• 4🍫Chocolate spreadCocoa and palm oil in a jar. The breakfast spread punches like meat.9.12 kg CO₂e / kg
• 5🦐PrawnsFarmed prawns top the list: cleared mangroves and energy-hungry ponds.20.3 kg CO₂e / kg

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