CARBON EQUIVALENCIES FOR GATEWAY PROGRAMS*
Oaxaca, Mexico
5,110 miles round trip
2,443 lbs CO2
That's equivalent to....
- Leaving a 60 watt light bulb on for 29,720 hours! (That's 1,238 days or a little more than 3 years)
- It would take 51 years for a mature tree to absorb this much CO2!
Chengdu, China
12,559 miles round trip
5,348 lbs CO2
That's equivalent to....
- Leaving a 60 watt light bulb on for 65,061 hours! (That's 2,711 days or almost 7.5 years)
- It would take 111 years for a mature tree to absorb this much CO2!
Oslo, Norway
9,100 miles round trip
3,999 lbs CO2
That's equivalent to....
- Leaving a 60 watt light bulb on for 48,650 hours! (That's 2,027 days or 5.5 years)
- It would take 83 years for a mature tree to absorb this much CO2!
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
8,664 miles round trip
3,829 lbs CO2
That's equivalent to....
- Leaving a 60 watt light bulb on for 46,582 hours! (That's 1,941 days or a little more than 5 years)
- It would take 80 years for a mature tree to absorb this much CO2!
*These values were obtained using the rates from http://www.terrapass.com/carbon-footprint-calculator/#air with 1-stop flights to and from the destination.
