What's a Carbon Footprint?
June 11th 2009 15:44
Experts and analysts have been throwing around the term "carbon footprint" for a few years now, but what does it really mean? Is it just the sum of the carbon output of one person/home/business or is it something more? These questions will be answered right now!
According to carbonfootprint.com a footprint is made of two large parts: the primary, which is our direct output of CO2 from energy consumption and the secondary, the CO2 produced by things we use or are manufactured for us. But it's still more than this, each part is broken down into sub-sections such as food and drink, financial services, or public transportation. Each has it's own percentage.
Your carbon footprint is most likely expressed in tons of CO2. For most people that's hard to imagine. In an earlier post, I mentioned that the average household has a footprint of 26,000 pounds or 13 tons of CO2. How much is that? The folks over at timeforchange.org have posted a number of conversions for how much CO2 is produced from certain products, (conversions). From their examples it's easy to see how one person or one household can produce a large footprint!
Should you wish to calculate your carbon footprint head on over to carbonfootprint.com or the EPA calculator at EPA Calculator.
According to carbonfootprint.com a footprint is made of two large parts: the primary, which is our direct output of CO2 from energy consumption and the secondary, the CO2 produced by things we use or are manufactured for us. But it's still more than this, each part is broken down into sub-sections such as food and drink, financial services, or public transportation. Each has it's own percentage.
Your carbon footprint is most likely expressed in tons of CO2. For most people that's hard to imagine. In an earlier post, I mentioned that the average household has a footprint of 26,000 pounds or 13 tons of CO2. How much is that? The folks over at timeforchange.org have posted a number of conversions for how much CO2 is produced from certain products, (conversions). From their examples it's easy to see how one person or one household can produce a large footprint!
Should you wish to calculate your carbon footprint head on over to carbonfootprint.com or the EPA calculator at EPA Calculator.
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