Hello! My name is Brooke, I am 15 years old, and I am from North Carolina.  I am willing to make more of an effort to recycle and perhaps even make slight changes to my diet, to reduce my carbon footprint. Yet, I am not willing to use alternate modes of transportation. Everyday I rely on a car to take me too school and back home, as well as transport me too and from any other after school activities. This is the least time consuming and the most efficient for me. Although, this is most convenient for me it comes at an expense to the environment. The release of carbon dioxide from the combustion of fossil fuels leads to an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, resulting in global warming. Nevertheless,  the idea of having to wait at a bus stop or bike to the store is not appealing. I think public transportation is a great resource for people who do not own cars and need transportation to and from work. It also leads to less carbon dioxide being released i nto the atmosphere because multiple people are using one vehicle. However, I cherish my nice clean car that I have all to myself!

Hi Brooke! I understand your confliction. Have you thought of trying to start a carpool. Car emission releases 24 pounds of carbon dioxide and other global-warming gases for every gallon of gas. That is nearly one-fifth of all US emissions. So, as you stated yourself, driving everywhere is not quite ideal for helping the environment. However, carpooling reduces the number of cars being used at a time which lessens your personal Carbon Footprint. Additionally, carpooling can allow you to get to your destinations faster due to the existence of carpool lanes and fewer cars being on the road at that time. If there is any way possible, I believe you should try carpooling in your normal day.

I'm so sorry! The sources fro my last post did not submit! Here we go:
https://www.ucsusa.org/clean-vehicles/c … al-warming