Friday, January 10, 2014

Carbon ?

What is meant by a carbon footprint? How can a person reduce their carbon footprint? 


39 comments:

cassidy r said...

he amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc. Recycle your old electronic devices. Recycle or sell your old blackberry, PDA, laptop, iPad or iPhone to YouRenew.com and help support our clean air projects.
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Matthew G said...

the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc.....

First, by your transportation. Walk or bike whenever possible, take public transit, save the car for when it's really needed.

Second by your consumption. Buy local products, grow your own vegetables.

Third by your energy use. Insulate, weatherstrip and put a hot water blanket on your water heater. Solar and wind is a tricky choice, the amount of carbon used to manufacture the panels and turbine often outweigh the savings. However reducing your energy use certainly reduces your carbon footprint so conserve.

P.S.
It is about carbon not CO2. It is the carbon unearthed in fossil fuels that combines with oxygen in our environment to form CO2 so we want to reduce the carbon part of CO2 not the O2 part. Carbon sequestration such as biochar helps but CO2 sequestration such as the oil and coal companies wish to do are foolhardy at best. In Biosphere 2, it was the concrete reacting with the CO2 to form carbonates and therefore removing CO2 that was the problem.

Gareth B said...

How much fossil fuels people use and how it effects the environment. A person can reduce their carbon footprint by using less fossil fuels.

Leslie K said...

It's the amount of greenhouse gases or materail that a person uses to unattentaily harm the enviorment. you can reduce it y using less of greenhouse gases.

Rylan N said...

It is how much carbon you use you can reduce it by not using cars.

Evan L said...

The amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Caarbon+Footprint&oq=Caarbon+Footprint&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.12042j0j4&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=91&ie=UTF-8#es_sm=91&espv=210&q=What%20is%20Carbon%20Footprint

One way that you can reduce you'r carbon footprint is by changing your lightbulbs. Another way you can reduce your Carbon Footprint is by using a laptop instead of a desktop

Mya N said...

The amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc.
Drive better - Studies have shown up to 30% of the difference in miles per gallon (MPG) is due to driving habits alone. You could save more than a ton of CO2 per year by:
- Accelerating slowly and smoothly
- Driving the speed limit
- Maintaining a steady speed
- Anticipating your stops and starts
http://www.carbonfund.org/reduce

Katie N. said...

This Website has great ideas on how to reduce your Carbon Foot Print! http://www.carbonfund.org/reduce

Taylor J said...

Drive better - Studies have shown up to 30% of the difference in miles per gallon (MPG) is due to driving habits alone. You could save more than a ton of CO2 per year by:
- Accelerating slowly and smoothly
- Driving the speed limit
- Maintaining a steady speed
- Anticipating your stops and starts

Maintenance - Keep your car tuned up and running efficiently.

More Maintenance - Replace your air, oil and fuel filters according to schedule.

http://www.carbonfund.org/reduce

Lauren B. said...

It is when someone using a certain amount of greenhouse gasses or even other materials that harms the environment. USE LESS!!!! Stop killing animals!!!!

Mercedes C. said...

Drive better - Studies have shown up to 30% of the difference in miles per gallon (MPG) is due to driving habits alone. You could save more than a ton of CO2 per year by:
- Accelerating slowly and smoothly
- Driving the speed limit
- Maintaining a steady speed
- Anticipating your stops and starts

Maintenance - Keep your car tuned up and running efficiently.

More Maintenance - Replace your air, oil and fuel filters according to schedule.

Tires - Keep your tires properly inflated (just this can save 400-700 pounds of CO2 per year).
Make your next vehicle a fuel-efficient one - Check out EPA’s Green Vehicle Guide for info on miles per gallon as well as EPA SmartWay® certified vehicles, meeting rigorous air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions standards.
Household fuel efficiency - If your household has two cars and one is used mostly for commuting, make the commuting car a real gas sipper if you can’t for both.

Wyatt R said...

A carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person. A few ways to reduce a persons carbon footprint is by not driving if it's not needed, not turning on the heat in their home, and not buying objects made out of fossil fuels like plastic etc.

I found out what a Carbon Footprint is at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/carbon+footprint

Erin W said...

The amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc.
Drive better - Studies have shown up to 30% of the difference in miles per gallon (MPG) is due to driving habits alone. You could save more than a ton of CO2 per year by:
- Accelerating slowly and smoothly
- Driving the speed limit
- Maintaining a steady speed
- Anticipating your stops and starts
http://www.carbonfund.org/reduce

bailey w said...

he amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc.

TylerW said...

the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+a+carbon+footprint&oq=what+is+a+carbon+foot&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.11071j0j8&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=91&ie=UTF-8

Blaze said...

A carbon footprint is how much carbon compounds are emitted by fossil fuels for each individual.

Amber R said...

A carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds, made by a particular person

Anonymous said...

Accelerating slowly and smoothly

Jacob G said...

When somebody uses a lot of green house gases.

Lauren S said...

Everything we do requires energy. Energy mainly comes from compounds that have carbon in them. Reducing your carbon footprint means essentially to live your life while requiring less carbon-based energy.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090722092008AAOWYCi

Julia M said...

Drive better - Studies have shown up to 30% of the difference in miles per gallon (MPG) is due to driving habits alone. You could save more than a ton of CO2 per year by:
- Accelerating slowly and smoothly
- Driving the speed limit
- Maintaining a steady speed
- Anticipating your stops and starts

Maintenance - Keep your car tuned up and running efficiently.

More Maintenance - Replace your air, oil and fuel filters according to schedule.

Tires - Keep your tires properly inflated (just this can save 400-700 pounds of CO2 per year).
Make your next vehicle a fuel-efficient one - Check out EPA’s Green Vehicle Guide for info on miles per gallon as well as EPA SmartWay® certified vehicles, meeting rigorous air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions standards.
Household fuel efficiency - If your household has two cars and one is used mostly for commuting, make the commuting car a real gas sipper if you can’t for both.
http://www.carbonfund.org/reduce

Anonymous said...

A carbon footprint is the amount of Co2 and other carbon compounds emitted due to fossil fuels by a person or something. You can stop using so much fossil fuels and stuff that produces a lot of Co2 and stuff.

Ella T. said...

A carbon footprint is the amount 0f Co2 we produce yearly.
(from interweb) Only 40% of the average American’s carbon footprint is due to their direct energy use. The other 60% is indirect; it comes from everything we buy and use—goods and services. Pay attention to your consumption and waste habits, and you’ll find lots of opportunities to conserve.

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
You’ve heard it before, but it’s still great advice. Manufacturing products produces an average 4-8 pounds of CO2 for every pound of manufactured product.


Recycle your old electronic devices. Recycle or sell your old blackberry, PDA, laptop, iPad or iPhone to YouRenew.com and help support our clean air projects.
Stop your junk mail with the help of 41pounds, a nonprofit service that contacts dozens of direct mailers to remove your name from their lists.
Buy locally if possible. Shipping burns fuel. A 5-pound package shipped by air across the country creates 12 pounds of CO2 (3 ½ pounds if shipped by truck).
Eat less meat. If you’re already a vegetarian, you save at least 3,000 pounds of CO2 per year compared to meat eaters. If you’re not a vegetarian, just increase the number of vegetarian meals you eat each week by one or two. Also, poultry is less greenhouse gas intensive than beef.
Don’t waste food. Mom was right. About one-quarter of all the food prepared annually in the U.S., for example, gets tossed, producing methane in landfills as well as carbon emissions from transporting wasted food. (There's a lot more, but I dont feel like putting it in.)
http://www.carbonfund.org/reduce

Anonymous said...

A carbon footprint has historically been defined by Championne as "the total sets of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an organization, event, product or person."[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint

Taylor V said...

How much fossil fuels people use and how it effects the environment. A person can reduce their carbon footprint by using less fossil fuels.

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taylor graffam said...

A carbon footprint is the amount of Co2 and other carbon compounds emitted due to fossil fuels by a person or something. You can stop using so much fossil fuels and stuff that produces a lot of Co2 and stuff.

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john p said...

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Anonymous said...

the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person. ph

Alysse S said...

how much carbon is in the air

Unknown said...

a carbon footprint is how responsible we are for the co2 in the air.

Sophia S said...

Carbon footprint is carbon dioxide that is released in the air. To reduce someones carbon footprint we could use machines that run on batteries that are charged by the sun.

McKayla. M said...

we could use less machines that give off carbon dioxide

Unknown said...

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Unknown said...

We could use new technology that is coming to our world. A carbon footprint is the carbon dioxide that is released into the air. The machine we would use would have to take batteries.

AutumnP said...

Carbon footprint is carbon dioxide that is released in the air. To reduce someones carbon footprint we could use machines that run on batteries that are charged by the sun

Molly B said...

Carbon footprint is carbon dioxide that is released in the air. To reduce carbon footprint we could use stuff that run on sun !

Abbie N said...

We could reduce our carbon foot print we could use less machines and get stuff that was locally made.

lindseyb said...

Carbon footprint is carbon dioxide that is released in the air. To reduce someones carbon footprint we could use machines that run on batteries that are charged by the sun


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