Carbonle #37 — July 7, 2026
Today: how it really adds up
The order that day, lightest footprint to heaviest.
- 1A new cotton T-shirtOne cotton tee carries about 7 kg before you've worn it once.7 kg CO₂e
- 2A year of applesEat 50 kg of apples in a year and it barely registers.22 kg CO₂e
- 3A year of weekly shrimpFarmed shrimp is heavy: cleared mangroves and pond energy.210 kg CO₂e
- 4One long-haul flightA single long-haul seat outweighs most of a year of eating.739 kg CO₂e
- 5A round-the-world flightCircle the planet once and nothing else on this list comes close.5,915 kg CO₂e