What’s My Carbon Footprint?

Reader Contribution by Aly Van Dyke
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Calculate your home energy, auto, and food emissions to answer the question, “What’s my carbon footprint?” — compared to the average in the United States.

I took an environmental studies class that used this carbon-footprint formula, and I thought I’d share with everyone. It’s a way for roughly calculating household carbon footprint and thinking about things you can do to reduce your personal emissions. If nothing else, I think it’s great that schools are encouraging students to at least think about areas in our lives that contribute to carbon emissions and ways we can adopt more sustainable, conservative practices to mitigate some of the effects of energy-related pollution.

The Facts

  • About 80 percent of human contributions to global warming comes from carbon dioxide emissions; mostly from burning fossil fuels.
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