Carbon Footprinting

With all of this carbon footprinting and green living talk, I decided to finally find out what this carbon footprint was all about.

I found www.CarbonFootprint.com which lets you calculate how exactly your lifestyle is having an effect on the planet.

(Sort of)Good News:

  • Your footprint is 12.29 tonnes per year
  • The average footprint for people in United States is 20.40 tonnes
  • The average for the industrial nations is about 11 tonnes
  • The average worldwide carbon footprint is about 4 tonnes
  • The worldwide target to combat climate change is 2 tonnes

Your Carbon Footprint:

House0.70 tonnes of CO2
Flights5.78 tonnes of CO2
Car0.00 tonnes of CO2
Motorbike0.00 tonnes of CO2
Bus & Rail0.00 tonnes of CO2
Secondary5.81 tonnes of CO2

Total = 12.29 tonnes of CO2

After calculating the energy spent at home, my grocery shopping even, my banking needs, I came out with a footprint of 12.29 tonnes a year. Less than the average American, but nowhere near the target of 2 tonnes per person for the worldwide target.  Most of my footprints, not surprisingly are left in the form of airplane flights and secondary footprinting.

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