Brighter Planet

How big is a ton of CO₂?

… driving 1,900 miles in a mid-sized car emits a ton of CO₂.

… traveling 2,000 miles in an airplane emits a ton of CO₂.

A ton of CO₂e is emitted when you…

• Drive 1,350 miles in a large sport utility vehicle.
• Drive 6,000 miles in a hybrid gasoline-electric car.
• Have your computer on for 10,600 hours.
• Graze one Ugandan dairy cow for eight months.

A ton of CO₂e is conserved when you…

• Run one 600 kW wind turbine for about half a day.
• Replace 2 refrigerators with the highest efficiency model (10-year life).
• Protect four acres of tropical rainforest from deforestation
  (A Consumers’ Guide to Retail Carbon Offset Providers, pg. 5. Clean Air-Cool Planet, 2006.)