Students from around the world calculated their class mean and standard deviations for their footprints and posted them on our world map.
Do you see differences across the globe? If so, why do you think those differences exist?
Did you use the calculator to try to reduce your footprint down to the average from a citizen of another country? What changes would you have to make to lower your footprint in this way? Are you going to try and take some of these actions in your daily life?
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Differences of Carbon Footprints Around the World
Based from the world map of carbon footprints around the world, the countries with the highest carbon footprints are places with huge populations filled with industries and factories. On the other hand, countries with small populations and not much business in factories and industries have low carbon footprints. For example, China and North America are the top countries with the greatest carbon footprints because they are the countries that have many industries and factories. With many industries and factories comes a lot of transportation to deliver the products to other parts of the world. In addition, factories and industries need electricity and other fuels to fuel these places to produce the products. Lastly, China and North America also have huge populations of people which comes to more needs per person and more usage of food consumption, fuels, and other necessities to survive.