carbon footprint reduction

Carbon Footprint ReductionBy Matt Rodd

Reason for Reduction Every year, the United States contributes greatly to the pollution, both air

and water plus many more. Vehicles are one of the most contributing factors to CO2

and CO3 emissions. Vehicles, produce 60% of all carbon emissions in the U.S. In cities, its believed to be

as high as 95%.

Reduction Solution

As simple as car pooling makes a huge difference. A single car

produces around 1.10 lbs of Carbon Dioxide. When you

carpool 3 people, you decreasing the amount of

carbon from 3 cars down to one and it decreases the amount of

carbon to 0.37 lbs.

Effects of Reduction

Reducing the amount of carbon emissions will overall improve

environmental health and also human health. All types of pollution including

water, air and ground is slowly killing the environment and since it’s a gradual

change , we aren’t going to notice it right away. The longer we don’t notice, the

more sever the damage is going to be.

Peoples Effort

Although many say there's no way to stop carbon emissions, we can work

towards reducing the amounts of carbon being put into our atmosphere.

A great way we could reduce emissions is to put stronger filters on

smoke stacks from structures like nuclear power plants and especially trucks that openly release unfiltered

smoke.

Ozone Layer We will not only be increasing health of our

planet, but we will be improving the chances for earth to support us for a longer time. The

build up of carbon is increasing the thickness of our ozone layer, making it warmer which is

slowly killing the earth. As simple as decreasing the amount of vehicles on the road helps. We will decrease the amount of carbon being released by millions of pounds if more

people car pooled.

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