A Ton of Steel Produces 1.9 Tons of Carbon Dioxide
To really understand how carbon-intensive steel is, consider this: Producing a ton of it emits 1.9 tons of carbon dioxide. That number has actually risen a little from 1.8 tons just three years ago.
To give you a sense of the scale, the world produced 1.4 million tons of steel in September, which equals 2.7 million tons of carbon dioxide that month alone. That’s roughly equal to the emissions from 585,000 American cars for a whole year. It’s a big freaking emitter, OK?
