Soda-can carbon visualisation (5 cans / 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. The image shows the top 5 investor-owned or state-owned companies. Chevron has the largest share of emissions 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.