How accurate is the calculation of my footprint?
As far as the data situation allows, the entire life cycle of a product or activity is included in theCO2 calculation(e.g. not only the combustion of gasoline in the car, but also emissions from the extraction of raw materials, production and disposal of the vehicle).
We use relatively few averages and generalizations in our calculator. Our primary goal in developing the calculator, and creating our database, has always been that everyone can calculate their personal footprint as accurately as possible. In this way, for example, people who hardly ever drive are not held responsible for emissions from infrastructure such as highways, which in many common calculators are added to each footprint as a lump sum. Therefore, the calculations sometimes may take a little longer or require more detailed effort to determine your specific values. However, at many points, you also have options for how precisely you would like to provide the data.
As high as our standards are, the data situation unfortunately does not always allow us to provide specific values. And sometimes the query would simply be too complicated and lengthy for you, and you would despair in front of the computer or break it off, as it is very complex to map the wealth of detail of a wide variety of facts in theCO2 factors. At these points we also use average values and sometimes estimates, but these have been carefully collected from various sources, compared and selected according to numerous quality criteria.