Carbon footprints are all the rage these days, so I decided to calculate mine using the Act on CO2 website provided by the government. Its a nice site, and I recommend you have a go. I was astounded to find that our household footprint is over 22 tonnes - maybe I should change a few light bulbs. How does yours compare?
http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/
11 comments:
Maybe you should stop flying to Florida every month so far this year...
I calculated my part of the CO2 - 4.65tonnes. That leaves you responsible for 17.55 tonnes...
My travel accounts for the 17 extra tonnes. All this driving 150 miles a day, and flying around the world doesn't help my stats.
We're at 18 tonnes. Travel is almost entirely responsible! It's terrible.
Hey, are you coming for a visit anytime soon?
Oh the irony...
One tonne of CO2 consumes 509,100 litres of space. 5 tonnes would fill an Olympic swimming pool.
We come in at just over 16 tonnes so we're the winners! But that's without any long haul flights. I blame Ben - all those nappies that need washing! But if the average household is only using 10 tonnes, how do they do it?
The Talbot household pumps out 9 tonnes and were advised to get a A rated dishwasher. I would have thought no dishwasher was better than an A rated one but if they insist to save the plant I had better get one!
That would be the save the planet, but I guess I can save plants too.
Just 9 tonnes! - are you sure you counted up your light bulbs properly?
BTW, Sainsburys are selling 3 low-energy bulbs for a pound. Which I plugged in on Friday.
We came in under 6 tonnes. I've heard before that, perhaps counter-intuitively, the greenest place to live is in a big overcrowded city, at least in terms of CO2. Small flat = less heating, also less car use. I also put in 2 short haul flights (x2 people) based on last year whereas adding a long haul (Mexico the year before) bumps it up to 9 tonnes.
New post-Elliot total: 9.48 tonnes. Babies are good for the environment!
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