[dwaltrip]

What’s the relative impact of a mile driven vs. an hour of the tv being on?

Edit: Hmmm. According to gpt-4, the average TV would incur about .02 kg of CO2 per hour of usage, assuming a typical electrical grid mix in the US. While it estimates that driving 1 mile emits avout 0.1 kg of CO2.

If that’s the case, 5 hours of TV is roughly equal 1 mile of driving. Interesting.

Of course, if the grid has a higher percentage of renewables or the car is electric, that changes things.

[jeffbee]

A year of an Energy Star-rated TV being on for 5 hours a day is equivalent to charging a Tesla Model 3 once.

[rad_gruchalski]

A 26” TV or an 80”?