How bad are bananas? : the carbon footprint of everything / Mike Berners-Lee.
2010
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Author
Title
How bad are bananas? : the carbon footprint of everything / Mike Berners-Lee.
Published
London : Profile, 2010.
Call Number
QC981.8.G56 B47 2010
ISBN
9781846688911 (pbk.)
1846688914 (pbk.)
1846688914 (pbk.)
Description
xiv, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)441151451
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Beinecke Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Beinecke Fund
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
ix
Introduction
xi
A quick guide to carbon and carbon footprints
1
Under 10 grams
11
A text message
11
A pint of tap water
12
A web search
12
Walking through a door
14
An email
15
Drying your hands
17
A plastic carrier bag
18
10 to 100 grams
21
A paper carrier bag
21
Ironing a shirt
22
Cycling a mile
23
Boiling a litre of water
24
An apple
26
A banana
27
An orange
29
An hour's TV
30
100 grams to 1 kilo
35
A mug of tea or coffee
35
A mile by bus
37
A nappy
38
A punnet of strawberries
39
A mile by train
40
A 500 ml bottle of water
43
A letter
44
1 kg of carrots
46
A newspaper
47
A pint of beer
49
A bowl of porridge
51
A shower
52
An ice cream
53
A unit of heat
54
A unit of electricity
55
Spending £1
59
1 kg of rubbish
61
Washing up
63
A toilet roll
64
Driving 1 mile
65
A red rose
68
1 kg of boiled potatoes
69
A pint of milk
71
1 kg of cement
74
1 kilo to 10 kilos
75
A paperback book
75
A loaf of bread
77
A bottle of wine
78
1 kg of plastic
80
Taking a bath
81
A pack of asparagus
83
A load of laundry
84
A burger
86
A litre of petrol
87
1 kg of rice
89
Desalinating a cubic metre of water
91
A pair of trousers
93
A steak
95
A box of eggs
96
1 kg of tomatoes
97
1 kg of trout
99
Leaving the lights on
100
1 kg of steel
101
10 kilos to 100 kilos
105
A pair of shoes
105
1 kg of cheese
106
A congested commute by car
107
A night in a hotel
108
A leg of lamb
111
A carpet
112
Using a mobile phone
113
Being cremated
115
100 kilos to 1 tonne
117
London to Glasgow and back
117
Christmas excess
119
Insulating a loft
121
A necklace
123
A computer (and using it)
124
A mortgage
127
1 tonne to 10 tonnes
131
A heart bypass operation
131
Photovoltaic panels
133
Flying from London to Hong Kong return
135
1 tonne of fertiliser
138
A person
139
10 tonnes to 100 tonnes
141
A car crash
141
A new car
143
A wind turbine
146
A house
149
100 tonnes to 1 million tonnes
151
Having a child
151
A swimming pool
152
A hectare of deforestation
154
A space shuttle flight
155
A university
156
1 million tonnes and beyond
159
A volcano
159
The World Cup
160
The world's data centres
161
A bushfire
162
A country
164
A war
169
Black carbon
170
The world
171
Burning the world's fossil fuel reserves
175
More about food
177
How the footprint of food breaks down
177
Low-carbon food tips
182
A guide to seasonal food
183
Some more information
187
Some assumptions revisited
187
The cost efficiency of selected carbon-saving options
191
Where the numbers come from
193
Carbon tables for countries, people, industries and products
197
Notes and references
205
Index
229