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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Off the Table?
Unfortunately there are given things in everyone’s life that they would not be willing to change just to help the environment. There are some things that are hard to get rid of. There are few things about my life that I would not be willing to change just to help the environment. One of those things is electricity. It would be very hard to get rid of electricity from my daily life even though it is a major factor in my carbon footprint. I would like to see myself early in the mornings when I am getting ready for school and without electricity, I will not be able to see. I would also like to turn on my fireplace when I am very cold so I can warm myself up and snuggle by the fire. I would like to charge my phone every night so I can always have a way to contact my parents and make sure my phone does not die during the day. Another thing that would be hard to get rid of is hot showers. I do not take long showers. However, I love a hot shower when I get one. My showers are short and fast, but very hot. I like to make sure I burn all of the bacteria off of me as I possibly ca n which is something that would be hard to give up. However, there are some things I would be willing to live without to help my carbon footprint. One of those is travel. This past year, I went on six different plane flights. I took 4 flights to Hawaii and home and 2 flights to Las Vegas and home. If I knew how much that would have impacted my carbon footprint, I would not have done flown to those places. Another thing I would be willing to chop off the table to help my carbon footprint is driving to school. There is a bus I could take to school that would pick me up and drop me off back at home. I do not want to ride the bus to school because it is gross and why take the bus if I can drive myself? However, with that being said, I would be willing to deal with either taking the bus to school or carpooling with others just to decrease the amount of gases emitted into the air. Overall, the decrease in the carbon dioxide emitted into the air can benefit air pollution and the Ozone layer in the atmosphere. The less air pollution, the better the air quality is and the better of life both humans and plants will have.