Hello and welcome to more or less on the BBC World Service.

We are your friendly guide to the numbers that explain our lives.

And I'm Tim Halford.

If you don't fancy driving over to sea friends, can't afford a night at the opera and a

board of all the restaurants in town, don't worry.

There's always Netflix.

For many people, the perfect way to spend a long winter's evening.

And getting a peek into the private chambers of Buckingham Palace.

Everyone is delighted with the new profile, man.

Which they feel to be an elegant reflection of emergency transition from young woman to...

Eld Bet.

Settled sovereign.

But for some of our loyal listeners, Netflix is no longer an innocent pleasure.

And no, I'm not alluding to Netflix and chill.

I am talking about the planet.

And it seems that you're racked with guilt over the environmental impact of your streaming video habit.

Here, for example, is an email from Harriet.

Can it be true that watching 30 minutes of Netflix is equivalent to driving for four miles?

Thank you, Harriet. Good question.

We paused our own Netflix viewing to look into this.

Wondertest has to get on with it.

The claim was made in an article on a website called Big Think.

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