No, watching 30 minutes of Netflix does not release the same amount of CO2 as driving four miles. A better estimate is 45 hours of Netflix.
and the availability of electric cars. Driving at different speeds or using energy from different countries can influence these numbers, too.
That said, Kamiya came up with an estimate based on averages in 2019. He wrote that streaming a 30-minute show on Netflix in 2019 released around 18 grams of emissions. According to a report published by the Environmental Protection Agency in March 2018, the average American passenger car emits. That means four miles of driving emits about 1,616 grams of CO2, which is about 90 times Kamiya’s estimate of the emissions of a 30-minute Netflix show. If you do a little more math, you’ll find that the estimated emissions of a four-mile drive is around the same as 45 hours of video streaming in the U.S.
The claim is attributed to The Shift Project, which describes it as an"error" that"appeared during an interview." Carbon emissions are complicated to gauge across different people who use different devices, drive different cars, get energy from different sources, and so on. However, an estimate from the International Energy Agency estimated that when this claim was made in 2019, four miles of driving had more similar carbon emissions to streaming 45 hours of Netflix.
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