Walking by this book, How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything by Mike Berners-Lee the title grabbed my attention. In this slim
book, the author uses the energy required to produce a banana as a unit of measure of the energy consumed in many other items encountered in daily life i.e. 1 banana=8 plastic bags to help the reader gain some perspective on how much carbon they are using in the world. Its an excellent introduction for those of us uneducated about the carbon implications of choices we make in everyday living. You’re sure to find some surprises in the carbon footprints of a wide variety of products and services from cherry tomatoes to e-mail, swimming pools to nylon pants.
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