The amount of CO2 being released into our atmosphere is astonishing. Humans are the main cause of these huge carbon footprints, but there are many other factors. If the whole world was able to reduce our overall carbon footprint, we could help our planet tremendously.
    One major effect of our large carbon footprints is global warming. Global warming is caused by greenhouse gasses being trapped in our atmosphere  and then emitting radiation back down to the surface, and that is what heats up the Earth. Some of these gases are released into our atmosphere en masse, and one of those gases would be carbon dioxide, or CO2. Carbon comes from our cars, busses, planes, and many other day to day things. While animals and plants do produce carbon, we are the main cause. Reducing our carbon footprints is the only way to help our Earth and slow global warming, and there are some very easy ways to do that.
    Some ways to reduce our carbon footprints is to save water and electricity. By turning off the water or the lights when you don’t need them, you can save immense amounts of energy. Unplugging devices when they’re fully charged, not leaving the faucet running, and using natural light instead of artificial are some other ways to save.  Walking and riding bikes, or even taking a bus or train instead of a car can reduce the amount of CO2 emissions by almost 33%. Recycling, using cloth towels instead of paper, reusable containers,  ect. can also  reduce the amount of pollution and help our environment as well. Unfortunately, these things can only help a small portion, as much of the gases in our atmosphere are coming from factories,, 100 factories produce 71% od CO2 emissions.  The solutions for this have been sparse, corporations have been releasing smog into the sky since the Industrial revolution, and they don’t plan on stopping soon, The best many people can do is just try their best to save on energy and reduce their carbon footprints, but a solution will have to be made quickly
    There have been numerous tries to reduce carbon footprints around the world, but with a growing population, more and more greenhouse gases are being released. Wasteful purchases mean more factories are profiting, which means more is being produced, and more greenhouse gases are in our atmosphere. The environmental impact of global warming is huge, icebergs are melting and heat waves are lasting weeks on end.  If people around the world start to make an active effort to reduce our carbon footprints, change will be possible. But as long as we continue to have large carbon footprints, nothing will change. Solutions must be made to help our environment, and to save what’s left of our planet.
If anyone has any other ideas on how to help, with reducing our carbon footprints or maybe factories, then that would be incredibly helpful