When calculating my carbon footprint, I was somewhat shocked by the results. Most of my results were much below California’s average. However, my transportation emission was a lot higher. Our region’s average is 2,557 kilograms, while mine was 5,145 kilograms, more than double. I believe that varying the types of transportation I use will greatly decrease my carbon footprint. For example, instead of driving to a friend’s house which would be more convenient, I could instead bike which would reduce my carbon footprint greatly. However, my school is not at a distance where I could bike, so I cannot change that. I also travel a lot, going on 8 planes in the past year, so I plan to reduce that by lowering my amounts of travel. I at first thought that my carbon footprint was not very important, as there are billions of people in the world to even out mine. However, now I realize that my carbon footprint is important and small actions such as choosing different forms of transportation can help our world.

I agree that using forms of transportation such as walking or biking can cut down your carbon footprint by a significant amount, but if you have to use a car or a plane to travel somewhere, you can. Cutting down on travel is a great idea for reducing your carbon footprint. I took a round trip flight to Italy last year, along with a few other domestic flights, and my carbon total for transportation was 21,321 kgs, almost 10 times the amount of the average Californian! The average plane emits around 53 pounds (24 kgs) of CO2 per mile. Travelling less by plane can cut down your carbon footprint by a lot. Also, it's great that you realized your carbon footprint is important. Convincing yourself that your carbon footprint does not matter is  thinking because you don't know how many different people with different carbon footprints around the world are thinking the same thing. Additionally, like you said, small actions to lower your carbon footprint can significantly help our world.
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