Ive been chasing data with a kid chasing fireflies ever back I first grabbed a carbon calculator in a cramped educational dorm. It felt weird at firstspending an evening entering my daily latte, my subway ride, the streaming marathon of Stranger Things into a spreadsheetbut the moment the numbers lit up, I got hooked. Theres something intoxicating very nearly turning invisible emissions into something you can see and talk about. {}

In this declare Im pulling together the latest Environmental Footprint And Carbon Environmental Stats, sprinkling in a handful of surprising (some even invented) tidbits, and showing you how is a carbon footprint of a person determined to make these stats do its stuff for you, your business, or just your own conscience. Strap in, because Ill be bouncing between hard facts, personal anecdotes, a dash of sarcasm, and a few whatif scenarios that will save you guessing.

When I first heard environmental footprint I imagined a literal imprint left upon the planetlike giant dinosaur tracks across a forest. The truth is more abstract, but no less important. An environmental footprint quantifies the sum amount of natural resources you consume and the waste you generate, expressed in terms of land area, water usage, and most crucially for our conversation, carbon emissions.