How Bad Are Bananas?: The carbon footprint of everything

Publication Date : 17/11/2020
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Ten years on from first publication, a new edition of this invaluable and entertaining guide that shows just what effect everything has on carbon emissions, from a Google search to a plastic bag, from a flight to a volcano.

How Bad Are Bananas? was a groundbreaking book when first published in 2009, when most of us were hearing the phrase 'carbon footprint' for the first time. Mike Berners-Lee set out to inform us what was important (aviation, heating, swimming pools) and what made very little difference (bananas, naturally packaged, are good!).

This new edition updates all the figures (from data centres to hosting a World Cup) and introduces many areas that have become a regular part of modern life - Twitter, the Cloud, Bitcoin, electric bikes and cars, even space tourism. Berners-Lee runs a considered eye over each area and gives us the figures to manage and reduce our own carbon footprint, as well as to lobby our companies, businesses and government. His findings, presented in clear and even entertaining prose, are often surprising. And they are essential if we are to address climate change.

(9781788163811)

SKU 9781788163811
Barcode # 9781788163811
Brand Profile Books Ltd
Artist / Author Mike Berners-Lee
Shipping Weight 0.2000kg
Shipping Width 0.010m
Shipping Height 0.198m
Shipping Length 0.150m
Unit Of Measure each
author Mike Berners-Lee
Publication Date 17/11/2020
Number of pages 256
format Paperback / softback

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