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Harry Drovandi, Townsville, Australia - My Carbon Footprint
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Results table from carbon footprint calculator:
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You: |
Your region: |
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Home: |
8,980 kgs |
4,389 kgs |
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Food: |
3,234 kgs |
3,696 kgs |
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Purchases: |
565 kgs |
1,027 kgs |
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Transportation: |
1,999 kgs |
2,659 kgs |
To find my carbon footprint, I used the website (https://depts.washington.edu/i2sea/iscfc/fpcalc.php) and I received the results featured in the table above. Australia is an established country based of our economy, political state and our population. Which is a factor that is commonly associated with high CO2 emission rates. When observing the table it is evident that I have an overall low carbon emission rate compared to my region in most categories except for the Home section. My results in the home category were surprising as the test stated that I used more than two times the amount of (kg) then the region. This was surprising as I believe my family wouldn’t use that much more electricity than the normal household in Australia. Although we are a slightly larger than the average family with (6) members I don’t believe that we are using more than two times the average consumption so I am confused to what is causing the high reading.
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Hey harry
Its good to see that your below average on most of your factors however as you can see your home emissions are way over the average and im sure your finding a way to fix that.
I agree with you one of the reasons why you might have a really high home category is the fact that you have a large family with 6 members. it might also be how large your house is and how much air conditioning you use as i know that can be a big.
I was definitely surprised by home emissions too! It is hard to comprehend how high our carbon footprint is compared to other families because we think that since we live in the same region, it should be relatively similar!
angus shephard
Nov 15, 2020