What’s the relative impact of a mile driven vs. an hour of the tv being on?
Edit: Hmmm. According to gpt-4, the average TV would incur about .02 kg of CO2 per hour of usage, assuming a typical electrical grid mix in the US. While it estimates that driving 1 mile emits avout 0.1 kg of CO2.
If that’s the case, 5 hours of TV is roughly equal 1 mile of driving. Interesting.
Of course, if the grid has a higher percentage of renewables or the car is electric, that changes things.
Edit: Hmmm. According to gpt-4, the average TV would incur about .02 kg of CO2 per hour of usage, assuming a typical electrical grid mix in the US. While it estimates that driving 1 mile emits avout 0.1 kg of CO2.
If that’s the case, 5 hours of TV is roughly equal 1 mile of driving. Interesting.
Of course, if the grid has a higher percentage of renewables or the car is electric, that changes things.