How much CO2 has been emitted in my lifetime?

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:33:00 +0200

N.B.1: 14 July 2025: I originally posted this on 12 August 2024. But the content is now new and improved.
N.B.2: A small discussion can be found underneath this Lemmy post.
N.B.3: To skip the explanation, and immediately create and download your own version of the new graph, click here: https://mishavelthuis.nl/co2-graph. It runs on a small server, so you might need to have a bit of patience. Also it works better on a desktop/laptop than on a phone 😬).

A powerful but problematic graph

For some years now, I have seen this graph go around on social media. I think it’s a powerful image, because it shows us so clearly that it is happening in our lifetime and under our watch.

Carelessly curated selection of the internet

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:37:00 +0200

When (doom)scrolling through Lemmy, in the limbo between waking up, and actually having to hurry my ass in order to not be late for that one thing, I occasionally press “download image”. From now on, these images will accumulate on this page: my own, carelessly curated wall of stuff that made me (internally) go “meh”, “ha”, or “wtf”.

Lemmy on Misha Velthuis

How much CO2 has been emitted in my lifetime?

A powerful but problematic graph

Carelessly curated selection of the internet