Carbonle #55 — July 25, 2026

Today: how it really adds up

The order that day, lightest footprint to heaviest.

• 1📺A year of daily streamingAn hour of HD every night for a year. Lighter than the scare headlines claim.20 kg CO₂e
• 2📱A new smartphoneMaking one phone outweighs charging it for decades.60 kg CO₂e
• 3🚆A year of train commutingA whole year of rail commuting costs less than one flight.177 kg CO₂e
• 4🛫One long-haul flightA single long-haul seat outweighs most of a year of eating.739 kg CO₂e
• 5🍔100 beef burgersA hundred burgers tops a long-haul flight. Beef is in a league of its own.1,492 kg CO₂e

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