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Carbon Footprint Calculator

We should all be aware that every action we take as occupants of this planet generally leaves behind a "Carbon Footprint". With this idea in mind, this simple calculator can give us a more vivid picture in our minds to help us assign reason to our actions and at least be informed or the results of our actions. It is interesting to know how we are connected with our environment in ways that we really don't think about enough.


To use this calculator, enter your monthly or yearly data in the space provided. Once you click on the answer box, the calculator will continue describe your "carbon footprint".


Automobile:

travel of miles, at
miles per gallon, burns gallons of gasoline annually, putting pounds of carbon (about 5 lbs/gal) into our air.

Airlines:

travel of miles via commercial airline puts about pounds of carbon into our air annually.

Home Electric:

use of kilowatt-hours of electricity, if your power plant generates power from puts pounds of carbon into our air each year.

Home Natural Gas:

use of Therms (Or ccf - hundred cubic feet) of Natural Gas contributes pounds of carbon to our air each year.

Home Fuel Oil:

use of gallons of Fuel Oil adds pounds of carbon to our air each year.

Your Carbon Footprint

Total atmospheric Carbon contribution is approximately:

pounds per year;
pounds of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) per year;
pounds of carbon per hour;
cubic feet of CO2 per hour;
cubic feet of CO2 per minute.


What does this mean?

For example, how many trees would it take to clean away and remove my CO2?

EPA calculations would place this at approximately trees in a year.
Wow, I bet you didn't see that coming.


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