In the past, people used simple equipments which have no effect to our environment to do work. However, nowadays most people use many natural resources without thinking about the consequences, or footprints, they will leave behind Carbon footprint is the amount of green house measured in CO2 units. This essay will describe my research on carbon footprints and make recommendation to reduce them.
The consumption of energy can be measured by different categories and it’s depending on person lifestyle. I went through 2 different websites that calculate carbon footprint. However these websites have their own questions to calculate carbon footprint, the main idea is the same. I calculated my carbon footprint by answering different question in food, travel, home and stuff (WWF) and my result was 2.28 plants. I used another website (Heroes of the UAE) and I got an average of 3.81 plants. My most consumption was in cooling, water heating and IT. The average was 3.045 and that’s mean if every one has the same lifestyle, we need 3 plants to survive.
I compared my result to the 3 of my classmate and I found out some similarities in energy consumption. The first classmate Nasser got 2.5 planets. His main energy consumption was in cooling and IT. The second classmate Abdul Rahman 2.17 plants and his main energy consumption were in cooling and water heating. The third classmate Mohammed Al Attas got 2.68 plants and his main consumption was in cooling and water heating. In the UAE, the weather mostly hot, therefore we see people consume more cooling energy and we have the highest carbon footprints in the world.
I recommend that we should look for another source power that has less effect on our environment. Furthermore, lifestyle is very important to reduce carbon foot print, therefore I should try to change it and be good to the environment by using less energy at home and outside.
Bibliography:
Heroes of the UAE. 16 Apr. 2009 http://www.heroesoftheuae.ae/en.
WWF Footprint Calculator. 16 Apr. 2009 http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/.
30 Apr. 2009 http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidGN_31102008_10255824/UAE%20tops%20world%20on%20per%20capita%20carbon%20footprint.
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