Broken Hearts: How Valentine's Day causes global warming

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The talk given at Ignite Boston 5. How people buy a lot of stuff that have a bigger energy footprint than they have themselves.

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Broken HeartsHow Valentine’s Day causes global warming

Flying9,126

Food524

Government3,314

Stuff413

Housing1,314

Commuting1,738

Wattz !"#$%&'()*)&+,"&"#+-,.%&$/012)%&3

!

Where does the“stuff” come

from?

188 x 106 Valentine’s Day cards sent

110 x 106 roses purchased

8 x 109 Necco hearts eaten

35 x 106 boxes of chocolate sold

$650 x 106 spent on gifts

Chocolate

Cocoa

Dairy

Teddy bear

Oil

Gold and diamond earrings

Gold

Diamonds

Lingerie(sorry! no picture!

use your imagination!)

Steel

Nylon

Roses

Roses

Screwing the planet one present at a

time

“Alternatives”

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