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"Global climate change needs global
action now. The alarm bells ought to be ringing in every capital of the world"
John Gummer, British Environment Secretary
Often people question their role in global warming, given the immense
environmental factors. But we do
affect
the climate, not so much as individuals but as a collective. Billions of
people all doing the same
negative or
positive behavior can have a dramatic impact on the environment, for
example in the United
States the average
American drives in one year over 10,000 miles and releases as
a group over 5.5 tons
of Carbon Monoxide into
the atmosphere. Thinking in a global view imagine how
much CO2 is being
release from all the cars on the
planet. Working together we can not stop the
natural changes that are causing some of the global warming trends but we can
slow down and mitigate the effects we have on the environment.
Carbon Footprint
The total amount of greenhouse gases produced to
directly and indirectly support human activities, usually
expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).
Source: Time for a Change
Often people question their role in global warming, given the immense
environmental factors. But we do
affect
the climate, not so much as individuals but as a collective. Billions of
people all doing the same
negative or
positive behavior can have a dramatic impact on the environment, for
example in the United
States the average
American drives in one year over 10,000 miles and releases as
a group over 5.5 tons
of Carbon Monoxide into
the atmosphere. Thinking in a global view imagine how
much CO2 is being
release from all the cars on the
planet. Working together we can not stop the
natural changes that are causing some of the global warming trends but we can
slow down and mitigate the effects we have on the environment.