Carbon Footprint

Carbon footprint is the measurement of all greenhouse gases we individually produce of Carbon Dioxide. Carbon footprint is polluting our atmosphere and depleting our ozone layers. Reducing carbon footprint is the most essential step we can take to better the climate change and live in a safer environment.

            Carbon footprint has two different parts. One part is primary footprint a measure of our direct emissions of CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels including domestic energy consumption and transportation. We have direct control of these. The second part is secondary footprint is a measurement of the indirect CO2 emissions from the whole lifecycle of products we use. The more we buy the more emissions will be caused on our behalf. Some of primary footprints are home gases, oil, coal, electricity, private transport, public transport, holiday lights. Some of secondary footprints are financial services, share of public services, car manufactures, clothes and personal effects.

Due to individual actions, carbon footprint is linked to the climate crisis we are facing.  We emit carbon footprints through the things we do on a daily basis.  One of the things we do the most that creates carbon footprint is driving.  Every time you drive the engine burns fuel, and it produces carbon dioxide, which leaves carbon footprint.  The emission of carbon dioxide depends on the distance you drive; the more you drive the more the carbon footprints. Another thing we do, especially in the winter, that causes carbon footprint, is heat your house with electricity.  The generation of electrical power can also emit carbon dioxide.  These daily activities that we do are tearing our climate apart.

Reducing the emission of carbon dioxide is the most essential thing we can do to better our environment.  There are simple steps we can take in our daily lives to reduce carbon footprints.  When you are at home, you can turn down your heat by just one or two degrees.  You can also set your heat to automatically turn on and off when necessary.  This will help reduce the leak of carbon dioxide.  Another thing you can do is carpool.  Riding with some one else will reduce carbon footprint because the less you drive, the less the carbon leak.  Simple things like these will help better our climate.

A carbon footprint is the measure of the amount of greenhouse gases, measured in units of carbon dioxide, produced by human activities.  Carbon footprint is tearing apart our environment, and messing with the climate change. Reducing the leak of carbon footprint is the best thing we can do to help better our environment.  We need to do the best we can to help our environment.