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ericdyesterday at 4:13 PM1 replyview on HN

But to put this in context, the average American family’s carbon footprint per year is roughly 50,000 kg, and one flight is usually on the order of >1,000 kg, or ~300kg/700 pounds of milk, assuming that 3kg CO2 per kg milk high end figure. So if you like milk, there are probably other places you can cut first.

Does seem like a lot of carbon for a kg of plastic, though, how does that compare to normal plastic’s carbon footprint?


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beAbUyesterday at 4:19 PM

>... >1,000 kg, or 700 pounds of milk

Why do you mix your units like that.

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