Comparing Flight Carbon Calculations

December 3rd, 2008

In an effort to ensure that Sourcemap’s calculations for CO2 impact are comparable with other websites that calculate carbon footprints of passenger flights, we ran calculations for 4 websites with “carbon calculators” for flights. Here are the results including a number of statisical metrics including the mean, standard deviation, and the five number summary for three trips of varying distances.

Basic Food Ingredient Water/CO2 Impact

November 12th, 2008

A table of basic food staples (meats, dairy/egg products, vegetables, fruits) and their aggregate carbon dioxide emissions (in kg), water use (in liters), and Kilocalories per kilogram of product/ingredient.