Carbon Quest: Join the 6,000 pound club

6,000 pound club:

By taking the total amount of environmentally acceptable carbon emissions and dividing them by the global population it yields the acceptable amount of carbon emissions per person. I found out that last year every human being should’ve emitted around 6,424 lbs. of carbon. (People actually emitted an average of around 15,418 lbs.) This year that number is safely around 6,000 lbs. To see the math, click here.

Car-bon footprint: when cars burn one gallon of gasoline it releases about 20 lbs of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. My Annabel drives about 25 miles per gallon. By checking my trusty driving log I see that I’ve driven about 5,252.6 miles. This year I’ve burned about 4,202.8 pounds of carbon. To see the math, click here.

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