Carbon Footprint Reduction
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Carbon Footprint ReductionBy Matt Rodd
Reason for Reduction Every year, the United States contributes greatly to the pollution, both air
and water plus many more. Vehicles are one of the most contributing factors to CO2
and CO3 emissions. Vehicles, produce 60% of all carbon emissions in the U.S. In cities, its believed to be
as high as 95%.
Reduction Solution
As simple as car pooling makes a huge difference. A single car
produces around 1.10 lbs of Carbon Dioxide. When you
carpool 3 people, you decreasing the amount of
carbon from 3 cars down to one and it decreases the amount of
carbon to 0.37 lbs.
Effects of Reduction
Reducing the amount of carbon emissions will overall improve
environmental health and also human health. All types of pollution including
water, air and ground is slowly killing the environment and since it’s a gradual
change , we aren’t going to notice it right away. The longer we don’t notice, the
more sever the damage is going to be.
Peoples Effort
Although many say there's no way to stop carbon emissions, we can work
towards reducing the amounts of carbon being put into our atmosphere.
A great way we could reduce emissions is to put stronger filters on
smoke stacks from structures like nuclear power plants and especially trucks that openly release unfiltered
smoke.
Ozone Layer We will not only be increasing health of our
planet, but we will be improving the chances for earth to support us for a longer time. The
build up of carbon is increasing the thickness of our ozone layer, making it warmer which is
slowly killing the earth. As simple as decreasing the amount of vehicles on the road helps. We will decrease the amount of carbon being released by millions of pounds if more
people car pooled.
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