{"id":16859,"date":"2024-12-12T12:37:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T11:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/tiktoks-annual-carbon-footprint-is-likely-bigger-than-greeces-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T12:37:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T11:37:15","slug":"tiktoks-annual-carbon-footprint-is-likely-bigger-than-greeces-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/tiktoks-annual-carbon-footprint-is-likely-bigger-than-greeces-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok\u2019s annual carbon footprint is likely bigger than Greece\u2019s, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Average user generates greenhouse gases equal to driving an extra 123 miles in gas-powered car a year, data shows<\/p>\n<p>TikTok\u2019s annual carbon footprint is likely larger than that of Greece, according to a new analysis of the social media platform\u2019s environmental impact, with the average user generating greenhouse gases equivalent to driving an extra 123 miles in a gas-powered car each year.<\/p>\n<p>Estimates from <a href=\"https:\/\/greenly.earth\/en-us\">Greenly<\/a>, a carbon accounting consultancy based in Paris, place TikTok\u2019s 2023 emissions in the US, UK and France at about 7.6m metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) \u2013 higher than those associated with Twitter\/X and Snapchat in the same region.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/dec\/12\/tiktok-carbon-footprint\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ca96c47b585aacf8c393e2d3fbe601ce8181fcf6\/0_366_5472_3282\/master\/5472.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=484cda01cf93f909bf8d1fcc47568a1b\" title=\"TikTok\u2019s annual carbon footprint is likely bigger than Greece\u2019s, study finds\" \/>Average user generates greenhouse gases equal to driving an extra 123 miles in gas-powered car a year, data shows<br \/>\nTikTok\u2019s annual carbon footprint is likely larger than that of Greece, according to a new analysis of the social media platform\u2019s environmental impact, with the average user generating greenhouse gases equivalent to driving an extra 123 miles in a gas-powered car each year.<br \/>\nEstimates from Greenly, a carbon accounting consultancy based in Paris, place TikTok\u2019s 2023 emissions in the US, UK and France at about 7.6m metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) \u2013 higher than those associated with Twitter\/X and Snapchat in the same region. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Average user generates greenhouse gases equal to driving an extra 123 miles in gas-powered car a year, data shows TikTok\u2019s annual carbon footprint is likely larger than that of Greece, according to a new analysis of the social media platform\u2019s environmental impact, with the average user generating greenhouse gases equivalent to driving an extra 123 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/tiktoks-annual-carbon-footprint-is-likely-bigger-than-greeces-study-finds\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TikTok\u2019s annual carbon footprint is likely bigger than Greece\u2019s, study finds<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16859"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}