It is not that I like making my carbon footprint larger but their are some necessities for me and my family. I need transportation to school in the morning and the easiest way to get to school for me is by my mom driving me. According to the Union of concerned scientists, the US emits 24 pounds of greenhouse gases such as CO2 through cars which is one fifth of all US emissions. From my personal experience with gas stations the cost of gas is going up so much because we are using so much of it. My family has made some steps to conserve gasoline by my dad buying a hybrid car which gets more miles per gallon than his old truck. The problem with my mom doing the same thing is cost. According to Auto Trader the cheapest hybrid car is just under $20,000 which is money my family doesn't have. This makes changing my mode of transportation "off the table."
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https://www.ucsusa.org/clean-vehicles/c … tzuPojwY2w
https://www.autotrader.com/best-cars/8- … ids-223684

I see where you're coming from but I do believe that you should still continue to do everything in your power to help our planet for all future generations. Currently, humans are emitting around 29 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere per year. Around 43% remains in the atmosphere. (https://skepticalscience.com/co2-levels … easing.htm). Money is a large problem with everything these days, like solar panels and other things do cost a lot and most people can't afford them. However, going green is easier than you think. There are little things you can do every day to help reduce greenhouse gases and make a less harmful impact on the environment. You don't always have to do something on a large scale, you can do small things like bike or walk when your going somewhere near by, or even carpool to school. Even things like taking shorter showers. Another huge thing is; Recycle. You can help reduce pollution just by putting that soda can in a different bin. If you're trying to choose between two products, pick the one with the least packaging.  If an office building of 7,000 workers recycled all of its office paper waste for a year, it would be the equivalent of taking almost 400 cars off the road (https://science.howstuffworks.com/envir … op-ten.htm) . So, although many things are off the table for you, you should still do everything in your power to help our planet, everything counts.

I can see how a budget can affect your ability to buy eco-friendly objects but take into account that there are more of a range of cars that you can buy. Did you see that there are used cars that you can buy? Hey! you can buy some for really cheap and do the job better than a hybrid. Here is a list of cars that are fully electric that are 20K and less.
https://www.carmax.com/cars/electric-vehicles
Using fully electric cars can very much help the environment. It can allow for free use without the worry of carbon emissions, but you should care where your electricity is coming from. If anything try solar panels or a plant that does not burn fossil fuels.