Are there aspects of your daily life that you know contribute to your carbon footprint but you are unwilling to compromise to change them? In other words, what about your life is “off the table” when it comes to carbon emissions? It's OK to admit it- we all have these cherished behaviors!
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transportation
i noticed that my transportation's footprint is really high compared to the rest of my country.
transportation is for me something that I don’t necessarily need but something that is more practical and easy to use. i live in a small city and there are just a few public transportation that they pass every HOUR. So when I want to go somewhere i have to take the car or i have to wait for an hour and it's not really practical when you have to be in a place on time (at school or on a date for example).
Also my transportation's footprint is high because I often take the car to go out at night. The last bus arrive in my village at 6.00 p.m. so if I want to go out with friend at night I have to go to the city by car. The same problem exists when I have a date and i have to be in this place in time. I can't take the bus because the bus comes evey hour or sometimes also every two hours. I only use public transport to go to school. I think that in my village take the bus is uncomfortable! Anyway my transportation's footprint is high, I use the car very often!
My transportation aspect was high as well. However, this was mainly due to the amount of flights I have taken this past year. I think that this is one area that the carbon footprint isn't necessarily accurate on. If I had calculated my footprint during another year, it wouldn't been so high. I don't normally take the bus anywhere. I normally drive so this impacted my footprint a lot as well.
Transportation greatly affected my carbon footprint as well. The majority of greenhouse gas emissions from transportation come from burning fossil fuel for cars, trucks, planes, trains, etc. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, transportation made up 26% of our greenhouse gas emissions in 2014. Some ways in which we can reduce this impact include expanding our public transportation system, developing more fuel-efficient vehicles, turning towards renewable fuels such as low-carbon biofuels, and of course, walking or biking instead whenever possible.
Hi Abby, if you take fewer flights next year, you can log back on and re-calculate your footprint! You can also use the calculator to find out exactly how much of your footprint was due to flying.