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Wants or Needs - House-hold items
Are household items a want or a need? When looking at the amount of carbon produced in the air, a majority of it comes from buying and consuming household items. After researching the consumption of products humans buy, I found that in a 2015 study, the use of household goods were responsible for 60% of global greenhouse emissions. Also, studies show that the richest one percent of the population produces twice as much carbon as the poorest fifty percent. The wealthier people are, the more carbon they expel into the air, resulting in a typical American's carbon emissions being five times as the world's average person. So next time you want to buy an unnecessary household item, remember your carbon footprint.