Hello my name is Devin Robinson, I am 16 years old & I live in the United States. I am from North Carolina & I have recently calculated my carbon footprint. My total carbon footprint is 13425 kg Co2 per year. I feel like this is a little close to the average compared to North Carolina(15918). My majority of my footprint came from my house, because of the lights. We keep our lights on in my house about 14 hours a day. I think my family could use less light if they do things in the afternoon where there is sunlight in the house and cut off the lights when they are not using it.
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Hello my name is Daniel McArthur and I am 15 and I live in Huntersville North Carolina. In my carbon footprint my total is 16853 and the average for my region is 15918. The reason why this is ever is because the food. My food was 5666kg and the average is 3636 and the reason why is because we eat a lot of food cause we are growing and we are athletic and so we do burn it off. The way I’m going to minimize my food is by eating more healthier stuff that will hold me better like a hamburger and fruit instead a hamburger and other stuff.
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Naguib Salam May 9, 2013
Do you eat food grown mostly in your state? Eating local produce could potentially halve your carbon footprint for food. A problem we face in Egypt is that we import a lot of food. If everyone stops importing massive amounts of unnecessary food, all our carbon footprints might not be as bad. -
Alia El Sabrout May 9, 2013
Hello Daniel! Wow. 15,918 kg is the average for the region? Here in Egypt, the average is 6,281 kg. Wow, that is one huge gap! You only talked about your food level, so if the food category was 5,666 kg, how is the rest of the 15,918 divided? Which other category is high and why is it so? Do you know? I am overwhelmed by the fact that only 3,636 kg of the 15,918 kg average is food, the thing that actually keeps you alive, while the rest of the average carbon footprint is transportation, house activities, and shopping. Wow. I was also overwhelmed by how Egypt's carbon footprint in the food category is 2034 kg, while your region's is 3,636 kg. How is there not a major gap while most of Egypt's population is under the poverty line with very little to eat? Is it because by “region” you mean your state, while the 3,636 is for the entirety of Egypt? Anyway, best of luck in trying to decrease your carbon footprint, and I hope that next year's carbon footprint is a little better and lower. For you and I. For the US and Egypt. For the whole world.
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Hello my name is Brittanie Hobbs, I am 14 years old & I live in the United States. I am from Mooresville, North Carolina & I have recently calculated my carbon footprint. My total carbon footprint is 9823 kg CO2 per year. I feel like that is way below average, I really did expect it to be some what higher. The majority of my footprint came from home & food. I know my family is bad about leaving lights on or things plugged in or the TV on a lot. So I wasn’t really surprised about that. We kind of eat out a lot but that’s only because we have sports so late at night & it’s just the fastest thing to do. But my parents have talked about cutting down on eating out. My family can help by shortening shower time & eating out.
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Katarina E May 9, 2013
Hello Brittanie.It's very good that your footprint is below the average. You should tell your family that they need to be more careful with lights, and you too and your footprint will for sure be lower.Good luck :) -
Jessica Ramzy May 9, 2013
I also have the same problem with leaving the lights on at home. It's really great though how your carbon footprint is not above average because you are producing less CO2. Shortening shower time and not eating out as much is a great way of decreasing the amount of CO2 you produce every year.
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hello!my name is manuel and i live in italy.
my total carbon footprint is 9324kg of CO₂ per year, in italy the average footprint is 8181 kg.In my house there aren’t any solar panels; for the electricity i use idroeletric energy. I always take bus to get to school . my region because I live in mountain and the temperature is cold.
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manuel c May 14, 2013
yes, I think it's an advantage because in the mountain in summer we don't use cooling system,the problem is that it's very cold in winter and since there are no nuclear plants it is very expensive.
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Dylan P May 14, 2013
I keep seeing many posts from European countries about the lack of solar panels on their home being a main factor for having a high energy usage. Is it common for consumers to have solar panels on their home? In Pennsylvania, USA solar panels aren't common at all, let alone on domestic homes. If they are anywhere they are in solar farms (although they are becoming slowly more common on domestic homes).
Good on you for having hydroelectric power. Is it actually hydroelectic energy, or do you use it for water heating? Hydroelectric for water heating is much more common here in Pennsylvania, and I am curious if it is the same in Italy. -
manuel c May 16, 2013
in Italy hydropower that exploits the power of water coming against the turbine rotates facendonascere the mechanical energy which is then transformed back into electrical energy by the processors
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Hello! my name is Andrea and i live in Italy.
My total carbon footprint is 9057kg of CO₂ per year, in italy the average footprint is 8181 kg. I haven’t got any solar panels and for the electricity i use hydroeletric energy because i live in the mountain near an hydroelectric power plant. I always go to school by bus because i live 15 km from school. The highest category is Home with 5564 kg because i live in the mountain and I keep the heating on for most of the year. A solution could be to use renewable energy such as solar panels to reduce energy consumation and costs, the problem is that their cost is very high and the government should encourage their installation.
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Eric Wiggins May 9, 2013
Another thing you could do is rely more on the hydroelectric plant. and also during the hot months you could use the mountain as a natural cooler.
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Hello, my name is Franco, I live in a small village in the mountain in Italy. my carbon footprint is 18116 lb of CO2 , the average of Italy 18037 lb,I have 6880 lb in home category, it is higher than my region but I have only 831 lb in the Purchase category.
my home category is higher becouse I live in a very cold village and I burn a lot of wood.
I have 6282 lb in food category
I have 4123 lb in trasportation category
Do you have advice?
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Jason Hodin May 9, 2013
I think the key for food, as Dimitrios says, is cutting back on certain kinds of foods! as Daniel says a few posts above, you are growing young people, food & nutrition is important! But foods like meats are much higher in footprint than other sources of protein like seafood and especially beans & nuts. -
Franco Gregorini May 16, 2013
Thank you for advice,in italy natural gas or heating oil is very espensive, I do carpooling for my trasportation,
I think to decrease the quantity of meat and increase vegetarian products that use.
Where do you live Bailey Frye?
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Hi guys! My name is Matteo, I live in a small country in the north of Italy. My total carbon footprint is 5937kg of CO2 per year,in Italy the average footprint is 8181kg. my results are:
Transportation: 814 kg less than my region
Home: 3715 kg higher than my region because I live in mountain and the temperature is cold.
Food: 1016 kg less than my region
Purchases: 391 less than my region
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Andrea Bonomelli May 9, 2013
Hi,I’m Andrea Bonomelli, I’m 16 years old and recently I calculate my footprint. It is 8057 kg CO2 per year.For home is 4450 Kg CO2 because I live in a small village in a nord of Italy and the temperature is cold and I need much energy for the home heating, for food is 1232 Kg CO2 , for transportation is 1961 Kg CO2 more than my region because I live in a mountain region and there aren’t a lot of public transportation. For purchases is 414 Kg CO2,less than my region.
I’d like to decrease my carbon footprint.
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Katarzyna K-PL May 10, 2013
Hello Matteo, you can be proud of your results. It's very good to hear that you still want to decrease your carbon footprint.
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HI;
My name is Carlo, I’m from the north of Italy.
To respect the environment does not need much; enough, pears example, change the light bulbs in our house with energy saving light bulbs, increase the insulation of the house and introduce new sources of energy such as solar panels or geothermal energy. In our area the environmental impact is very high, however, is trying to introduce renewable energy.
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Hi! My name is Elisa and I live in the North of Italy. I have calculated my footprint recently and the results are the following:
Transportation: 1160 kg
Home: 2539 kg
Food: 1238 kg
Purchases: 294 kg
Transportation are lower than the average of my country but as I live in a little village in the mountain, I always have to take a coach or a car to go to school, to go shopping and to go out with my friends.
My home footprint is higher than the average of Italy. The reason is that in winter it is very cold so I must often use heating in my house.
Food is lower than average of Italy because I don’t eat a lot of meat and I prefer vegetables. In fact I have a garden where I grow them.
Purchases aren’t high because I don’t often go shopping because the shops are quite far from my house.
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Dimitrios Theodoridis May 9, 2013
You are doing well. In the followings there are some ideas which can help you more:
1)Composting for your garden is a good idea.
2) Hot water with solar panels.
3) Replace your bulbs with energy saving bulbs.
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Hi! my name is Mattia, I live in the north of Italy.
My total carbon footprint is 9324kg of CO₂ per year, in italy the average footprint is 8181 kg. In my house there aren’t any solar panels; for the electricity i use idroeletric energy. I always take bus to get to school . The highest category is Home with 6567 kg because i keep the heating on for 8 months per year. I think i will use solar panels in the future to reduce carbon emission and save cost.
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Dominika P-Poland May 10, 2013
I think that solar panels are good idea. It take savings, and save environment. :) -
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