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This project is super cool. I would recommend the author starts tracking the amount of CO2 he emits in a year, which could easily be approximated with the fligh

This project is super cool. I would recommend the author starts tracking the amount of CO2 he emits in a year, which could easily be approximated with the flight/transportation and food data he has. Carbon emissions per Capita per year in the US: 18 metric tonnes. In Italy: 8 metric tonnes [1]. Author is probably close to 60-80 with all the transatlantic flights. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/datablog/2009/sep/02/carbon-emissions-per-person-capita https://www.theguardian.com/environment/datablog/2009/sep/02...

cocoflunchy 4y ago
Taking 0.15kg/km he's already at 100 tonnes of CO2 just for flights over the past 7 years. (https://howisfelix.today/graphs/screens/jetlovers-stats.png https://howisfelix.today/graphs/screens/jetlovers-stats.png)
TomSwirly 4y ago
I filed this issue: https://github.com/KrauseFx/howisFelix.today/issues/3 https://github.com/KrauseFx/howisFelix.today/issues/3
grsmvg 4y ago
I'm happy to return to the comment section here and see I'm not alone in my frustration over the author seeming to take pride in this crazy amount of air miles. Until that chart I really enjoyed scrolling through the page, seeing all the time and obsession the author put into this.
- basisword 4y ago
  Why get frustrated over something like this? You’re seeing one data point on how the author lives their life. I see these kinds of comments more and more and can’t understand the need to judge someone else, without full information, based on your own personal standards.
  - grsmvg 4y ago
    You're right, there could be many reasons. But given the time we live in know it seems like something you don't want to wear with pride or without a disclaimer. It's a fine balance between caring about stuff and wanting to raise awareness while also seeing other human beings for who they are, assuming good intent.
    - basisword 4y ago
      >> But given the time we live in know it seems like something you don't want to wear with pride or without a disclaimer I disagree (although 'I fly lots' would be a strange thing to ever be 'proud' of imo, regardless of the climate issues). While we should all be mindful of our individual impact, asking people to restrict themselves personally (or shaming them) on such an important and positive freedom as being able to travel widely just sits wrongly with me. There are much lower hanging fruit as regards climate change to tackle first at a much higher level (e.g. government, multi-national business). I feel our focus should be on that. If you want to make personal sacrifices that's noble but shaming others for not making the same sacrifices is petty and makes it seem like your reasons for making the sacrifices are for appearance rather than because you care. NB: I mean this more generally, it's not wholly directed at your specific comment which wasn't super judgemental.
      - grsmvg 4y ago
        I partially agree with that shaming strangers might not be a good way forward. But I also believe in some basic level of 'holding each other accountable'. Maybe, besides political leaders and businesses, that should be limited to inner circle family and friends with whom you have a more complex relationship, and where there is a little bit more receptiveness towards critique. Even in that context it's probably better to just live the lifestyle yourself and hope they will follow. On the other hand, if you put something out there, to be discussed publicly on HN, I don't feel obliged to only give positive feedback necessarily. Also, the author picked this up in a really nice way and has already added carbon stats to the page. But man, it's so hard if you deeply care about something to keep your mouth shut. I don't know if you have any topics that make you feel like that? Edit: actually responding to the rest of your comment, I'm a strong believer in the power of individual choices. The whole plant-based movement for example in The Netherlands (and outside) over the last few years was fully driven by individual consumer choices and little bits of money shifting in other directions. European politics actually tried to hinder it for a while, but at some point when something becomes the popular thing to think, politics will have to follow.
- 2143 4y ago
  Going through his blog, it appears the man is a digital nomad (and a minimalist in theory — he only owns two suitcases of stuff — which is important considering he's likely a wealthy person), and lives the life he loves; give him a break. Btw, he isn't traveling just for the sake of traveling — he has conferences around the world, and he's a European working in USA which means he probably flies back and forth from his home country a lot more than an average American. (Doesn't help that North America is far away from everywhere else). For what it's worth, he makes an attempt to schedule all his conferences such that he wouldn't have to keep flying to/from North America in between conferences. Felix Krause, keep doing whatever it is that you do and enjoy your life.
krausefx 4y ago
Author here - thanks for the feedback to include CO2 emissions, I just updated the page to include the numbers, via Nomadlist's built-in CO2 emissions calculator: https://github.com/KrauseFx/howisFelix.today/commit/91c766b738f724f9f85175f86f790c8290ca222f https://github.com/KrauseFx/howisFelix.today/commit/91c766b7...
- dabedee 4y ago
  Really great that you shared all that data and even added additional graphs, thanks for the inspiration. I think there were some recommendations that floated around that suggested we should be at 2 metric tonnes per person by 2050 to be able to maintain +2 C°.
KronisLV 4y ago
For the more lazy among us, there's also Wren which lets you do some estimates: https://www.wren.co/ https://www.wren.co/ Then, they actually let you donate/spend a bit of money towards offsetting your individual carbon footprint, towards whatever initiatives you choose (personally donated towards planting trees). It's not like it would have as much of a profound impact as stopping the mega-corps would, but it's still something and pretty easy to do. Disclaimer: not affiliated with them in any way, just thought it's a cool idea.
- Semaphor 4y ago
  > How much does your household spend on furniture and appliances each month? A little = 140€ / month. Wow. What do people do, redecorate every year? edit: 11 tons of CO₂ per year That's 64% less than the Germany average for your household size. I guess the two of us are pretty ecological ;) But I just realized they didn’t ask about heating (afaik oil based and I have only costs, no usage numbers), so that might make some difference.
  - spiderice 4y ago
    > A little = 140€ / month. Wow. What do people do, redecorate every year? Buy one new couch and there goes your budget for the year.
    - Semaphor 4y ago
      I recently did, thanks to a sale it came down to only 800€, the last one lasted almost 7 years, that translates to 10€/month.
      - basisword 4y ago
        So throw in a couple of beds, another couch, wardrobes, carpet, storage, fridge, oven, microwave, etc etc, and you've got your €140/month.

cocoflunchy 4y ago

Taking 0.15kg/km he's already at 100 tonnes of CO2 just for flights over the past 7 years. (https://howisfelix.today/graphs/screens/jetlovers-stats.png https://howisfelix.today/graphs/screens/jetlovers-stats.png)

TomSwirly 4y ago

I filed this issue: https://github.com/KrauseFx/howisFelix.today/issues/3 https://github.com/KrauseFx/howisFelix.today/issues/3

grsmvg 4y ago

I'm happy to return to the comment section here and see I'm not alone in my frustration over the author seeming to take pride in this crazy amount of air miles. Until that chart I really enjoyed scrolling through the page, seeing all the time and obsession the author put into this.

basisword 4y ago
Why get frustrated over something like this? You’re seeing one data point on how the author lives their life. I see these kinds of comments more and more and can’t understand the need to judge someone else, without full information, based on your own personal standards.
- grsmvg 4y ago
  You're right, there could be many reasons. But given the time we live in know it seems like something you don't want to wear with pride or without a disclaimer. It's a fine balance between caring about stuff and wanting to raise awareness while also seeing other human beings for who they are, assuming good intent.
  - basisword 4y ago
    >> But given the time we live in know it seems like something you don't want to wear with pride or without a disclaimer I disagree (although 'I fly lots' would be a strange thing to ever be 'proud' of imo, regardless of the climate issues). While we should all be mindful of our individual impact, asking people to restrict themselves personally (or shaming them) on such an important and positive freedom as being able to travel widely just sits wrongly with me. There are much lower hanging fruit as regards climate change to tackle first at a much higher level (e.g. government, multi-national business). I feel our focus should be on that. If you want to make personal sacrifices that's noble but shaming others for not making the same sacrifices is petty and makes it seem like your reasons for making the sacrifices are for appearance rather than because you care. NB: I mean this more generally, it's not wholly directed at your specific comment which wasn't super judgemental.
    - grsmvg 4y ago
      I partially agree with that shaming strangers might not be a good way forward. But I also believe in some basic level of 'holding each other accountable'. Maybe, besides political leaders and businesses, that should be limited to inner circle family and friends with whom you have a more complex relationship, and where there is a little bit more receptiveness towards critique. Even in that context it's probably better to just live the lifestyle yourself and hope they will follow. On the other hand, if you put something out there, to be discussed publicly on HN, I don't feel obliged to only give positive feedback necessarily. Also, the author picked this up in a really nice way and has already added carbon stats to the page. But man, it's so hard if you deeply care about something to keep your mouth shut. I don't know if you have any topics that make you feel like that? Edit: actually responding to the rest of your comment, I'm a strong believer in the power of individual choices. The whole plant-based movement for example in The Netherlands (and outside) over the last few years was fully driven by individual consumer choices and little bits of money shifting in other directions. European politics actually tried to hinder it for a while, but at some point when something becomes the popular thing to think, politics will have to follow.
2143 4y ago
Going through his blog, it appears the man is a digital nomad (and a minimalist in theory — he only owns two suitcases of stuff — which is important considering he's likely a wealthy person), and lives the life he loves; give him a break. Btw, he isn't traveling just for the sake of traveling — he has conferences around the world, and he's a European working in USA which means he probably flies back and forth from his home country a lot more than an average American. (Doesn't help that North America is far away from everywhere else). For what it's worth, he makes an attempt to schedule all his conferences such that he wouldn't have to keep flying to/from North America in between conferences. Felix Krause, keep doing whatever it is that you do and enjoy your life.

krausefx 4y ago

Author here - thanks for the feedback to include CO2 emissions, I just updated the page to include the numbers, via Nomadlist's built-in CO2 emissions calculator: https://github.com/KrauseFx/howisFelix.today/commit/91c766b738f724f9f85175f86f790c8290ca222f https://github.com/KrauseFx/howisFelix.today/commit/91c766b7...

dabedee 4y ago
Really great that you shared all that data and even added additional graphs, thanks for the inspiration. I think there were some recommendations that floated around that suggested we should be at 2 metric tonnes per person by 2050 to be able to maintain +2 C°.

KronisLV 4y ago

For the more lazy among us, there's also Wren which lets you do some estimates: https://www.wren.co/ https://www.wren.co/ Then, they actually let you donate/spend a bit of money towards offsetting your individual carbon footprint, towards whatever initiatives you choose (personally donated towards planting trees). It's not like it would have as much of a profound impact as stopping the mega-corps would, but it's still something and pretty easy to do. Disclaimer: not affiliated with them in any way, just thought it's a cool idea.

Semaphor 4y ago
> How much does your household spend on furniture and appliances each month? A little = 140€ / month. Wow. What do people do, redecorate every year? edit: 11 tons of CO₂ per year That's 64% less than the Germany average for your household size. I guess the two of us are pretty ecological ;) But I just realized they didn’t ask about heating (afaik oil based and I have only costs, no usage numbers), so that might make some difference.
- spiderice 4y ago
  > A little = 140€ / month. Wow. What do people do, redecorate every year? Buy one new couch and there goes your budget for the year.
  - Semaphor 4y ago
    I recently did, thanks to a sale it came down to only 800€, the last one lasted almost 7 years, that translates to 10€/month.
    - basisword 4y ago
      So throw in a couple of beds, another couch, wardrobes, carpet, storage, fridge, oven, microwave, etc etc, and you've got your €140/month.