>into the world. Binge-watching shows on Netflix for a month straight contributes to as much carbon emissions as a flight from London to New York

I was under the impression that one of the primary costs of airfare was fuel? I get that power plants are using a cheaper type of fuel than jet fuel, but some back of the envelope math suggests that netflix must be getting their fuel/energy for at least an order of magnitude less then airplanes are getting their fuel/energy. It implies that if you binge watch enough shows on netflix they're actually making a sizable loss on energy costs alone...