In honor of Earth Day, take this test: What is your carbon footprint?

[Beaverhausen]

http://www.bp.com/extendedsectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9008204&contentId=7015209

Mine is 6 - the average is 18.83

:)

Here is another test- this one from the website for Al Gore's new documentary about global warming.

http://www.climatecrisis.net/index.html

I use 2400 - the average is 15000.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Mine is 7. No solar energy used here, altho I have been trying to talk

my landlady into converting.


The other measure showed a lot worse:

8800 for my car, a 1996 Chevy mini van
5300 for my house, an apt in a two family house.
The total is therefore 14,100 which is average.

Don't know why the house usage was so high.
I assume the car is not very efficient, and it has very high mileage.

[Beaverhausen]

3. Well, average is OK

and the 7 on the other test is great!

[tatertop]

2. 19,900 on the Gore scale

[Der Blaue Engel]

4. I got 9 on the BP test

But 13,100 on Al's test. They asked for more relevant information. I happen to be taking two transatlantic flights this summer, to Singapore and Russia, which is highly unusual for me. (As in, has never happened before, may never happen again.)

Thanks for the links!

[laruemtt]

5. 8 on the BP one, and

4700 on Gore's.

[glitch]

6. You beat me. Mine was 4900 on Al's scale. I think the air travel for

business got me.

edit: very interesting, thanks for posting.

[madrchsod]

7. 6 if i would upgrade my insulation,

windows, and heating/cooling system. not bad. way below on the gore scale also. now if i had about 15,000 dollars i could do all those things that needed to be done and i wouldn`t have to worry so much in the next few years when i "retire"

[Beaverhausen]

8. Here is another test: get out your utility bills for this one

http://www.safeclimate.net/calculator/

Anyone care to get this on the front page? :hi:


edit: and yet another one!
http://www.carbonfootprint.com/

[devilgrrl]

9. Mine is 9...

bet it's the car :-(

I scored higher on Al Gore's because of two cross-country flights I took. :-(

[TheBaldyMan]

10. I use 3 tonnes per annum vs UK average 9.8 tonnes !

and I am going to vote Green in the local elections in May.

by the Gore scale I'd expect to use about 5000lbs (30% of average) if I was American

it actually rates me as 2300.

Apparently it's air travel and gas guzzlers that make your rating suck.

[SmokingJacket]

11. Mine is 9 --

Unfortunately, I have an old, poorly insulated house and use no green technologies at all -- hope to, soon, though. Don't travel much, though, so that makes up for it somewhat.

3,000 on Al Gore's --

[Sammy Pepys]

12. Wow, I got 13.

I thought my rare use of a car would help me out there.....

[IChing]

13. 5.2 but I'm semi retired and work at home.

[NoPasaran]

14. I got a nineteen

On the plus side, I don't generate much smug.

:sarcasm:

[Beaverhausen]

15. What you can do to reduce your emissions

No, not THOSE emissions!

http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction.html

"There are numerous ways you can reduce your emissions through the choices and purchases you make everyday. After reducing your emissions, you may want to do even more. Purchasing carbon offsets can neutralize the effects of your carbon emissions by helping to pay for projects that reduce or remove emissions elsewhere. "

[Warpy]

16. Holy shit, mine was 4

I knew I was a miser, but that's a little ridiculous.

It was confirmed by the second one, 3400.

I should give lessons...

[Beaverhausen]

17. WOW!!! good job

:woohoo:

Do you have a car and if so what is it? I have a Prius and a short commute- I think that's why my number is so low.

[Warpy]

18. I have a 4 cylinder econobox

but not a hybrid. My other car is an electric scooter.

[derby378]

19. Dude! I scored a 12

I expected mine to be higher.

[All50inBlue]

20. hmmmm...

22 tonnes?

[Downtown Hound]

21. Got a 9

I have all energy efficient appliances and light bulbs in my apartment and drive a Prius. The problem is that I drive the Prius 30,000 miles per year because I commute 40 minutes to and from work every day.

[AngryAmish]

22. 18,200

I'm keeping up my end. We need you slackers to use more carbon.

[Beaverhausen]

23. Kick

we are doing pretty well so far. Let's see more numbers!

[ceile]

24. I'm a six

I recycle almost everything, don't fly and probably only drive 1,000 miles a year. Still doesn't feel like enough....

[sakabatou]

25. 11 on the BP test

[Gregorian]

26. One ton here. :)

And I could do way better if I even tried at all.

The test ignores important factors, though. But then it's BP. Maybe not.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

27. 12...avg is 18.8.

[nonconformist]

28. My family of 4 got 13 on the BP test, 8200 on the other one

Below average, but lots of room for improvement.

[Beaverhausen]

29. Kick

[Beaverhausen]

30. kick again for the night crew