Soda-can carbon visualisation (1 can / metric / short text)
The air in any small room with dimensions 5.4 x 5.4 x 2.7 metres (17.5 x 17.5 x 9 feet) contains 9.4 litres (2.5 gallons) of man-made carbon dioxide. Some of that gas – equal to the volume of a soda can – is attributable to Chevron.
9.4 litres is about half the volume of a drinking water bottle. There is that much carbon pollution in every small room.
63% of all carbon emissions between 1850 and 2010 are attributable to just 90 producers of fossil fuels and cement. Chevron has the largest share of emissions for investor owned or state owned companies at 3.5% of all emissions ever. For details see: www.carbonmajors.org
The calculation for this visualisation assumes the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air is 400 parts per million by volume. See: www.co2now.org for the current concentration.
This is the metric version of this visualisation. A US version (calibrated to a 12 oz can) is also available.