AI Offset Calculator

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Discover your AI carbon footprint and learn how to offset it through nature-based solutions like tree planting or environmental cleanup.

Your AI Usage

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Your Impact & Offset

Adjust your usage and click calculate to see your environmental impact

Energy per Query

A single ChatGPT query uses about 0.001-0.01 kWh of energy, roughly 10x more than a Google search.

Tree Absorption

A mature tree absorbs approximately 21 kg (48 lbs) of CO₂ per year, helping offset carbon emissions.

Waste Impact

Removing 1 kg of plastic from the ocean prevents ~3 kg of CO₂ equivalent emissions over its lifecycle.

Global Scale

AI data centers currently consume about 1-2% of global electricity, and this is growing rapidly.

How We Calculate

Our methodology is based on peer-reviewed research on AI energy consumption

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Energy Consumption

We estimate energy usage based on published data about AI model inference costs, which vary by model size and query complexity.

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Carbon Intensity

We apply average global grid carbon intensity (~0.4 kg CO₂/kWh) to convert energy usage to carbon emissions.

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Offset Calculation

We calculate equivalent trees needed (21 kg CO₂/tree/year) or trash collection impact (3 kg CO₂ prevented per kg plastic).

These calculations are estimates based on publicly available research. Actual energy consumption varies based on data center efficiency, renewable energy usage, and specific model implementations.

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