Whats your carbon footprint?

[HennysMom]

Pretty interesting to do..

http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator/


Ours as a family of 4 was 54 - so I feel pretty good about that, we were under the US average of 110 - but I'm sure we could lower it much more

 

[tabsmonsters]

49 for my family of 4.

 

[Chicken Boo]

26 for a household of 2. The national average is 53. You would think that was pretty good until you see that the planet average is 11. I realize this included persons with really different circumstances, but I think we will try to do a little better.

 

[redoak]

32 tons for household of 2.

 

[SunAngel]

64 (5 person household)---Mine
130 United States Average (5 person household)
28 World Average (5 person household)

We would have been much better if we didn't eat meat and owned a newer home. But I don't see either of those things changing anytime soon.

 

[speckledhen]

Ours was 26 for a two person household, however, the test wasn't one I could answer the way I wanted to. No, we dont have curlicue lights, but we rarely have lights on in the house and they are all low wattage bulbs-that type of thing.

 

[Acre of Blessings]

Here's mine for a family of 5

Emissions Comparison Tons of CO2 eq/year

59 Your Estimated Emissions (5 person household)----MINE

130 United States Average per Person(5 person household)

28 World Average per Person(5 person household)


I guess to much of certain foods causes to much "Gas"

 

[momofdrew]

37 for 3 people doesnt seem too bad

 

[BirdBoy88]

25 for me household of 1

 

[Western Chick]

Oh, I was thinking I was doing pretty good then I saw all you guys...My family of four was an 82.

I agree with speckledhen though, there are a lot of things in there they don't account for- my biggest "pie piece" was the meals because we eat meat. We grow all of our meat ourselves (or get it by hunting and fishing) with the exception of a package of hot dogs every now and then (knowing that they're made of, I consider that to be recycling anyway).

I don't buy organic because it has to be trucked in from who-knows-where. Plus, I grow a lot of our produce myself.

We have an old and incredibly inefficient home that we heat almost entirely with wood that we harvest from fallen trees in our grove- I suppose the burning is a big no-no but it sure beats burning the oil shipped in from over-seas.

Still, this was interesting, thanks for posting. It is definately an eye-opener compared to the world average!