Cool Site....AirHead:The Emissions Calculator....so how do you score?

[RedEarth]

Below is how much I am polluting our earth.... ;(

This graph-your emissions profile-measures the pollution you created over the course of a month. You emitted 910 pounds of air pollution in August.*

Say what? 910 pounds is a lot of chocolate, but is it a lot of pollution? You can judge by comparing yourself with the second bar on the graph, which represents the emissions profile for an average American--1,654 pounds. Many would argue that just one pound of pollution is too much, but we live in an imperfect and complicated world, so set your own goals for where you would like to be on this graph tomorrow or next year.

Your biggest source of emissions in August came from the category: Electricity. We have provided some suggestions for how to cut emissions in this area. Some of the changes we suggest are easier than others, but we hope they all help you imagine ways that you can fit emissions reductions into your life and better prioritize your emissions reduction actions. If you only had time to cut your emissions in one area, what should it be?

Your emissions profile tells you how much pollution results from your lifestyle; our product search tool helps you easily improve your profile by providing emissions data on a variety of common household products.

And as a registered AirHead user, you can come back every month and re-calculate your emissions to track your progress. If your emissions seem uncharacteristically high this month-because you took a plane trip or because, say, natural gas prices are unreasonably high-check back again for the satisfaction of seeing your profile improve. We're not interested in artificially inflating your profile; browbeating isn't really our style.


http://www.airhead.org/

[Goldom]

1. It says 1,329, but it is wrong.

It never asked what kind of car. Namely, one that has near-zero emissions.

[Warpy]

2. The EPA site gave me 4,080 pounds a year

Average for a couple in a single family home is 60,000. I'd expect the average for a single person would be about 40,000.

I guess I'm doing just fine.

[hunter]

3. 531 pounds.

My wife drives two miles to work, and I mostly walk downstairs. We don't have air conditioning, every lighting fixture in our house is compact fluorescent, and it doesn't get freezing cold here in the winter.

Even if we didn't have central heat or hot water our pipes wouldn't freeze, and we could live by putting on a sweater and extra blankets, but cold showers are never nice.

[Massacure]

4. 350 pounds

[SoCalDem]

5. 2747...BUT BUT BUT

That's only because my electric bill is measured in "California Dollars"..$over $300 in July..:cry:

"Tanks..Ahhhnold"