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Method

Where every figure comes from, and how sure we are of it.

The unit

1 ø is 100 g CO₂e. 2 ø = 1 kr, priced at the market cost of verified carbon removal (verified removal ~5,000 kr/t (blended durable portfolio, mid-market Aug 2026)). The unit is minted at the removal rate or not at all — that is what stops the currency being arbitraged hollow by cheap prevention credits.

Daily choices — food, commute, home energy130 ø/day
…over a month (130 × 30.4)3,952 ø
Monthly extras — housing, goods, travel, a car when you buy one+ 5,000 ø
Full month — the day amortised, plus everything too lumpy to decide daily9,000 ø
Year107,000 ø
Society overhead — health, education, roads. Shown, never charged to you65 ø/day
Flights allowance — checked against a year, never a monthly slice5,040 ø/year
The planet’s budget — a whole footprint, 1.5°C-aligned. What the world comparison on System measures against70 ø/day

A whole Danish footprint is around 355 ø a day once overhead and the month’s lumpy costs are counted. 130,000 ÷ 365 = 356 — the same person, at a different scale.

How the four figures relate

One model, four scales. The month is the day, amortised, plus the things too lumpy to decide daily — the day set is contained in the month set, not separate from it. Food, driving and home energy are in both; housing, goods, freight, travel and a car when you buy one are in the month only.

A day — food, driving, home energy130 ø
× 30.4 days3,952 ø
+ housing, goods, freight, travel, vehicle5,000 ø
= a full month9,000 ø
less the flight allowance, counted as events8,580 ø
× 12 = your year107,000 ø
+ society overhead, shown never charged23,000 ø
= one Dane, one year, everything130,000 ø

Society overhead — hospitals, schools, roads — is 1,975 ø a month, or 65 ø a day. It is shown because it is yours and not counted because you cannot choose it. Every figure here traces to CONCITO’s Danmarks globale forbrugsudledninger (2023): 13 tonnes per person per year, across 282 products in 15 groups.

How sure we are

Every item carries a confidence rating. 265 of 518 are estimates that have not been independently audited — stated here rather than hidden, because a price list that pretends to uniform certainty is not one you can argue with.

Sourced and cross-checked110
Sourced, single reference143
Estimated — not independently audited265
Total518

Price list version: 3.1 · 4/9/2026

Sources

  • CONCITO Danmarks globale forbrugsudledninger 2023 (13 t/person, 15 groups)
  • Den Store Klimadatabase
  • Energistyrelsen Global Afrapportering 2024/25
  • Eurostat GHG footprints 2023
  • UNEP EGR 2025

Corrections

One price — car tyres — was wrong in public and was corrected from 3,500 to 1,400 ø. Prices are versioned, and an entry records the version it was charged at, so a revision never silently rewrites what someone already banked.