Our Carbon Footprints

The primary footprint is a measure of our direct emissions of CO2 from the burning of

fossil fuels including domestic energy consumption and transportation (e.g. car and

plane).

Facts

• Plants and trees take more than 100 billion tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere each year.

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Every time you go for a drive you're emitting CO2 into the atmosphere. This greenhouse gas is believed to be one of the main contributors to climate change. The good news is you can do something about it.

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• Consider using public transport more often. Check your car is as energy efficient as it can be. And when you do drive, cancel out your emissions by supporting projects that reduce the equivalent amount of CO2.

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• To sustain one person, the United States produces 20 tonne of CO2 per year Every year, the United States produces enough CO2 to cover its entire land surface, including Alaska and Hawaii, with 1 foot of pure CO2.

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• Did you know… That a kettle uses 1000 watts or 1 kilowatt of energy per hour. If you fill it to make one drink, it will take three minutes to boil. If you just pour enough water for one cup, it would probably only take 30 seconds to boil.

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• 1 gallon of regular gasoline turns into172 cubic feet / 4.87 cubic meters of CO2. 1 ton of CO2 easily fills up a 19,000 cubic feet / 556 cubic meters container

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• Did you know… If everyone in the UK used one less 100W light bulb a year, the UK will save £288 million and 1.2 million tons of co2, enough to fill the Royal Albert Hall 6,500 times!

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• 1 hot air balloon = 4 tonnes of CO2The average UK driver emits around 4 tonnes of CO2 each year. That's the equivalent of filling one medium hot air balloon with pure CO2.

Get On With The Facts Already!!!

The tree draws up water through its roots and the water is then drawn up through the tree and comes out through the stomata in its leaves. The whole process of sucking up water and losing it again is called transpiration.

You can help shrink your carbon footprint by

• Turning lights off • Turning of TVs that

are on standby

• Only boil the kettle 4 the right amount

• Don’t use that much petrol

• Help recycle

• Stop polluting the area around us

• You can help global warming and help shrink your carbon footprint NOW!!!!!!!!!

BY TEAMSHADOW