Reading through a few of these posts, I discovered that like me many people had higher carbon footprint results because of transportation. I was initially surprised at my results when it came to the transportation section because I usually travel in a hybrid vehicle. However, most hybrid cars use a combination of fuel and electric power, relying on either one more depending on the driving circumstances. The car only ever relies completely on electricity in residential neighborhoods or parking lots. My commute to school every day takes a major highway. In high speed areas like highways, hybrid cars rely more on gas, and if most of my commute is through a highway, the car is relying on gas for most of my commute. Possible ways I hope to solve this is by taking an alternative route to school or using public transport.

I also discovered that high carbon footprint results came from transportation. Every day, my dad drives me to school in a hybrid car, but that seemed to not make my results much lower. I was also surprised when I saw my transportation results. I had always heard that hybrid cars made a big difference, in comparison to regular gas fueled cars. In this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/scien … efits2.htm
I found that hybrid cars emit the same greenhouse gases that regular cars do, the amount hybrids release is less at first, but over time it adds up. Over 45% of electricity in the U.S. is from coal power plants, which isn't much better than gasoline. So our carbon footprint results regarding the transportation section might have been because of the possibility that our hybrid's electricity comes from coal power plants. If a hybrid does generate electricity from coal, it could produce 10% more greenhouse gases than a gas fueled car.