Carbon Emissions

Carbon Emissions

Every time we burn fossil fuels such as gas, coal or oil, carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. In a natural carbon cycle, carbon dioxide is re-absorbed by plants and trees. However, we are burning fuels where the carbon dioxide has been trapped under the earth's surface for millions of years, and we're doing it so quickly that plants and trees that are alive now have no chance of soaking it up (and it doesn't help that we're cutting down rainforests as well). Here is a link to carbon footprint web that provides more info http://www.carbonfootprint.com/carbonfootprint.html

 

Carbon Dioxide effects the planet by increasing the earth temperature this leads to global warming!

and since the planet is changes day by day this creates natural hazards such as floods, Hurricanes and droughts and many more according to the change in the heat.

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Footprint

   Our Carbon footprint has to be calculated everyday to see how big your carbon footprint is. You can find these carbon calculators on the internet for example http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/. They use stuff you purchase such as creating the food products and then transporting them to your door or your local shop this then creates fossil fuels. However measuring these indirect emissions accurately on a day 2 day basis is very difficult. 

Confusion ? 

There is sometimes confusion between carbon and carbon dioxide. To understand the difference between them you will need to remember you chemistry classes, Carbon is the element that combines with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide. For every one molecule of carbon, there are two molecules of oxygen (hence CO2). Carbon on its own is not a greenhouse gas, but often CO2 is shortened to carbon for ease of reference, and this is the case with the Carbon Account.

As well as carbon dioxide there are other gases such as Methane which cause global warming as well these are known a green house gases the term for these gases is Hydrocarbons








How can we stop Carbon Emissions - Reduce your footprint 
There are several ways to reduce Carbon Emissions for example:

• Use rechargeable batteries which will save 1,000's of pounds over your life time.
• Buy locally produced goods and services. Goods and services that are produced locally eliminate thousands of pounds of carbon by reducing fossil fuels transportation demands.
• Recycle your waste. 
• When you are buying a vehicle try and go for a electronic, Hybrid or a fuel efficient instead of a gas guzzler. 
• Make compost 
• Change the way you get to work or school by walking, cycling or even catching the buss saves a lot since it is sustainable and you can fit many more people on than you can a car.
• Energy saving bulbs and making sure you save energy in your home as it saves you money as well. 

There are many more ways you can reduce carbon emissions you can see more here:
http://erasecarbonfootprint.com/reduce-co2.html