Something that I think should be off the table when it comes to reducing my carbon footprint is the amount of plane rides I take a year.  I take an avergage of 7-8 plane rides a year and most of them are to visit my family on the east coast and since I live on the west coast it is an about 4,000 mile plane ride round trip. I do not really see a way I can lessen this amount because most of these are just a necessary trip. My other family members I ahve talked to have to do the same thing.  I know that the amount of plane rides does ass to the amount CO2 in the atmophere but I do not think this is osmething you can really get rid of.  However, I think you can lessen you carbon footprint by the type of transportation ou use For example, if I to take a shorter trips such as weekend get a ways to LA which is about 720 miles from my home in the bay area, my family always looks into carpooling with something else who is going aswell or public transportation such as a train.