last updated July 28, 2008
MY BIG FAT CARBON FOOTPRINT
There is much talk of carbon footprints
nowadays, and people want you to pay for your carbon footprint by 'offsetting'.
So i figured i might try and work
out my footprint, knowing that i fly an awful lot for business, and for pleasure,
i wanted to see just how much of a blight I really am.
So, i need to write all my flights
down.. Luckily, as i'm such a clepto, i keep all of
my boarding cards as a memento, so this actually makes the job a lot easier
:-)
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(I'm only permanently
missing the boarding cards from first 5 flights i ever took, which i think
is close to obsession :)
I have not had a chance recently to scan the last 6 months' worth of cards...
soon i hope though...
| How to read the table below : | ||
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Date | self explanatory |
| Carrier | self explanatory | |
| Depart | Where I took off | |
| Arrive | Where i landed | |
| webflyer.com mileage | Using the calculator that can be found at this website, here's how far they say it is in actual miles flying from one place to the other. | |
| climatecare.org mileage | The figure given by the calculator at this website. Note that because this website doesn't list all airports in the world, some flights have had to have a nearby-ish city to choose from. The alternate city can be found in the rightmost column noted Alt. Airport | |
| climatecare.org tonnes of CO2 |
This is how many tonnnes of CO2 that climatecare.org says that i am responsible for dumping into the environment. | |
| climatecare.org offset cost |
This is how much climatecare.org thinks i should pay them to offset my travelling for that trip, their prices are about £7.50 per tonne | |
| Alt. Airport | Alternative Airport - used when the calculator for carbon offsetting doesn't specifically list the to/from destinations that i have. If no suitable airports can be found near, i have instead used figures given by climatecare.org for another trip of similar mileage | |
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| Totals at the bottom | speak for themselves really. | |
| Date | Carrier | Depart | Arrive | webflyer.com Mileage |
climatecare.org Mileage |
climatecare.org tonnes of CO2 |
climatecare.org offset cost |
Alt. Airport |
| 16 May 01 |  |
London (LHR) | Toronto (YTO) | 3540 | 3541.6 | 0.79 | £5.92 | |
| 16 May 01 | |
Toronto (YTO) | Boston (BOS) | 431 | 444.7 | 0.09 | £0.67 | |
| 29 May 01 |  |
Boston (BOS) | Atlanta (ATL) | 945 | 945.3 | 0.17 | £1.29 | |
| 15 Jun 01 | |
Atlanta (ATL) | Toronto (YTO) | 743 | 739.8 | 0.14 | £1.03 | |
| 15 Jun 01 | |
Toronto (YTO) | London (LHR) | 3540 | 3541.6 | 0.79 | £5.92 | |
| 19 Jul 03 |  |
London (LGW) | Orlando (SFB) | 4320 | 4340.4 | 0.98 | £7.35 | |
| 25 Jul 03 | |
Orlando (MCO) | Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | 983 | 850.9 | 0.16 | £1.17 | Houston |
| 25 Jul 03 | |
Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | San Jose (SJC) | 1430 | 1631.1 | 0.29 | £2.16 | houston/sfo |
| 28 Jul 03 | |
San Jose (SJC) | Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | 1430 | 1631.1 | 0.29 | £2.16 | houston/sfo |
| 28 Jul 03 | |
Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | Orlando (MCO) | 983 | 850.9 | 0.16 | £1.17 | Houston |
| 2 Aug 03 | |
Orlando (SFB) | London (LGW) | 4320 | 4340.4 | 0.98 | £7.35 | |
| 16 Aug 04 |  |
London (LGW) | Atlanta (ATL) | 4220 | 4215.5 | 0.95 | £7.13 | |
| 16 Aug 04 | |
Atlanta (ATL) | Orlando (MCO) | 404 | 403.1 | 0.08 | £0.62 | |
| 30 Aug 04 | |
Orlando (MCO) | Cincinnati (CVG) | 757 | 758.4 | 0.14 | £1.06 | Washington |
| 30 Aug 04 | |
Cincinnati (CVG) | London (LGW) | 3970 | 3681.4 | 0.82 | £6.17 | Washington |
| 9 Sep 04 |
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London (LHR) | Tel-Aviv (TLV) | 2230 | 2227.3 | 0.39 | £2.94 | |
| 27 Sep 04 |
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Tel-Aviv (TLV) | London (LHR) | 2230 | 2227.3 | 0.39 | £2.94 | |
| 29 Oct 04 |
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London (LHR) | Philadelphia (PHL) | 3530 | 3530.4 | 0.79 | £5.90 | |
| 8 Nov 04 |
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Philadelphia (PHL) | London (LHR) | 3530 | 3530.4 | 0.79 | £5.90 | |
| 9 Dec 04 |
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London (LHR) | Philadelphia (PHL) | 3530 | 3530.4 | 0.79 | £5.90 | |
| 13 Dec 04 |
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Philadelphia (PHL) | London (LHR) | 3530 | 3530.4 | 0.79 | £5.90 | |
| 1 Jan 05 |
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London (LHR) | Tel-Aviv (TLV) | 2230 | 2227.3 | 0.39 | £2.94 | |
| 6 Jan 05 |
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Tel-Aviv (TLV) | London (LHR) | 2230 | 2227.3 | 0.39 | £2.94 | |
| 13 Feb 05 |
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London (LHR) | Chicago (ORD) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 27 Feb 05 |
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Chicago (ORD) | London (LHR) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 17 Mar 05 |
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London (LGW) | Orlando (MCO) | 4340 | 4340.4 | 0.98 | £7.35 | |
| 27 Mar 05 |
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Orlando (MCO) | London (LGW) | 4340 | 4340.4 | 0.98 | £7.35 | |
| 24 Apr 05 |
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London (LHR) | Los Angeles (LAX) | 5440 | 5436.6 | 1.26 | £9.44 | |
| 24 Apr 05 | |
Los Angeles (LAX) | Honolulu (HNL) | 2550 | 2549.7 | 0.57 | £4.25 | |
| 1 May 05 | |
Honolulu (HNL) | Los Angeles (LAX) | 2550 | 2549.7 | 0.57 | £4.25 | |
| 1 May 05 |
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Los Angeles (LAX) | London (LHR) | 5440 | 5436.6 | 1.26 | £9.44 | |
| 4 Jun 05 |
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London (LGW) | Glasgow (GLA) | 369 | 369.6 | 0.08 | £0.58 | |
| 7 Jun 05 |
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Glasgow (GLA) | London (LGW) | 369 | 369.6 | 0.08 | £0.58 | |
| 5 Aug 05 |
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London (LGW) | Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | 4760 | 4837.9 | 1.11 | £8.28 | Houston |
| 5 Aug 05 |
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Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | San Francisco (SFO) | 1460 | 1631.1 | 0.29 | £2.16 | houston/sfo |
| 9 Aug 05 |
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San Jose (SJC) | Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | 1430 | 1631.1 | 0.29 | £2.16 | sfo/houston |
| 9 Aug 05 |
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Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | London (LGW) | 4760 | 4837.9 | 1.11 | £8.28 | Houston |
| 5 Sep 05 |
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London (LHR) | Chicago (ORD) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 11 Sep 05 |
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Chicago (ORD) | London (LHR) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 17 Sep 05 |
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London (LHR) | San Francisco (SFO) | 5350 | 5347.8 | 1.24 | £9.27 | |
| 29 Sep 05 |
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San Francisco (SFO) | London (LHR) | 5350 | 5347.8 | 1.24 | £9.27 | |
| 27 Oct 05 |
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London (LHR) | Philadelphia (PHL) | 3530 | 3530.4 | 0.79 | £5.90 | |
| 2 Nov 05 |
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Philadelphia (PHL) | London (LHR) | 3530 | 3530.4 | 0.79 | £5.90 | |
| 10 Dec 05 |
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London (LHR) | Newark NJ (EWR) | 3450 | 3455.9 | 0.77 | £5.77 | JFK |
| 12 Dec 05 |
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New York (JFK) | London (LHR) | 3440 | 3455.9 | 0.77 | £5.77 | |
| 2 Jan 06 |  |
London (LHR) | San Francisco (SFO) | 5350 | 5347.8 | 1.24 | £9.27 | |
| 8 Jan 06 | |
San Francisco (SFO) | London (LHR) | 5350 | 5347.8 | 1.24 | £9.27 | |
| 18 Jan 06 |
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London (LHR) | Chicago (ORD) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 31 Jan 06 |
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Chicago (ORD) | London (LHR) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 7 Feb 06 |
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London (LHR) | New York (JFK) | 3440 | 3455.9 | 0.77 | £5.77 | |
| 13 Feb 06 |
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New York (JFK) | London (LHR) | 3440 | 3455.9 | 0.77 | £5.77 | |
| 14 Apr 06 |
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London (LHR) | Zurich (ZRH) | 489 | 490.1 | 0.1 | £0.73 | |
| 18 Apr 06 |
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Zurich (ZRH) | London (LHR) | 489 | 490.1 | 0.1 | £0.73 | |
| 30 Apr 06 |  |
London (LHR) | Chicago (ORD) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 6 May 06 |
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Chicago (ORD) | Oklahoma City (OKC) | 691 | 758.4 | 0.14 | £1.06 | Similar miles |
| 12 May 06 |
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Oklahoma City (OKC) | St. Louis (SUS) | 444 | 436.6 | 0.09 | £0.66 | Similar miles |
| 12 May 06 |
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St Louis (SUS) | Seattle (SEA) | 1690 | 1871.4 | 0.33 | £2.47 | Houston |
| 26 May 06 |
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Seattle (SEA) | London (LHR) | 4780 | 4780.1 | 1.09 | £8.17 | |
| 31 Aug 06 |
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London (LHR) | Seattle (SEA) | 4780 | 4780.1 | 1.09 | £8.17 | |
| 6 Sep 06 |
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Seattle (SEA) | London (LHR) | 4780 | 4780.1 | 1.09 | £8.17 | |
| 8 Nov 06 |  |
Luton (LTN) | Edinburgh (EDI) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 8 Nov 06 | |
Edinburgh (EDI) | Luton (LTN) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 1 Dec 06 |
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London (LHR) | Zurich (ZRH) | 489 | 490.1 | 0.1 | £0.73 | |
| 5 Dec 06 |
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Zurich (ZRH) | London (LHR) | 489 | 490.1 | 0.1 | £0.73 | |
| 25 Jan 07 | |
Edinburgh (EDI) | Luton (LTN) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 25 Jan 07 | |
Luton (LTN) | Edinburgh (EDI) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 15 Mar 07 | |
Luton (LTN) | Edinburgh (EDI) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 15 Mar 07 | |
Edinburgh (EDI) | Luton (LTN) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 29 Mar 07 | |
Luton (LTN) | Edinburgh (EDI) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 30 Mar 07 | |
Edinburgh (EDI) | Luton (LTN) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 28 May 07 | |
Luton (LTN) | Edinburgh (EDI) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 2 Jun 07 | |
Edinburgh (EDI) | Luton (LTN) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 5 Jun 07 |
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London (LHR) | Hong Kong (HKG) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £10.54 | |
| 10 Jun 07 |  |
Hong Kong (HKG) | Sydney (SYD) | 4580 | 4580.1 | 1.04 | £7.80 | |
| 11 Jun 07 | |
Sydney (SYD) | Melbourne (MEL) | 438 | 436.6 | 0.09 | £0.66 | |
| 28 Jun 07 | |
Melbourne (MEL) | Sydney (SYD) | 438 | 436.6 | 0.09 | £0.66 | |
| 28 Jun 07 |
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Sydney (SYD) | Bangkok (BKK) | 4680 | 4682 | 1.07 | £7.99 | |
| 28 Jun 07 |
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Bangkok (BKK) | London (LHR) | 5930 | 5926.7 | 1.39 | £10.42 | |
| 5 Jul 07 |  |
London (LHR) | Hong Kong (HKG) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £10.54 | |
| 19 Jul 07 | |
Hong Kong (HKG) | London (LHR) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £10.54 | |
| 22 Jul 07 |
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London (LHR) | Chicago (ORD) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 22 Jul 07 |
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Chicago (ORD) | Denver (DEN) | 885 | 838.5 | 0.15 | £1.15 | New orleans |
| 3 Aug 07 |  |
Denver (DEN) | Oakland (OAK) | 954 | 945.3 | 0.17 | £1.29 | Similar miles |
| 4 Aug 07 | |
Oakland (OAK) | Denver (DEN) | 954 | 945.3 | 0.17 | £1.29 | Similar miles |
| 5 Aug 07 | |
Denver (DEN) | New York (JFK) | 1620 | 1871.4 | 0.33 | £2.47 | Similar miles |
| 5 Aug 07 | |
New York (JFK) | London (LHR) | 3440 | 3455.9 | 0.77 | £5.77 | |
| 27 Aug 07 | |
Luton (LTN) | Edinburgh (EDI) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 29 Aug 07 | |
Edinburgh (EDI) | Luton (LTN) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 6 Oct 07 |  |
London (LHR) | Hong Kong (HKG) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £10.54 | |
| 12 Oct 07 | |
Hong Kong (HKG) | Melbourne (MEL) | 4600 | 4595 | 1.04 | £7.83 | |
| 19 Oct 07 | Virgin Blue | Melbourne (MEL) | Sydney (SYD) | 438 | 436.6 | 0.09 | £0.66 | |
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