is the amount of greenhouse gases produced due to our daily activity such as driving cars and cooking food, it can be measure by individual and earth equivalent (http://www.wikipedia.com/).The carbon footprint can be measure by using some websites such as http://footprint.wwf.org.uk. This websites include a lot of question about food, travel, home and stuff. For example, there were some questions about the distance that I traveled daily. Also, it asked me about my home such as how many adults are we and the type of my house. After I answered all questions I got my result of my carbon footprint.
I have tested a
nd my result was 2.03 planets. It was very low compared to my friends because I don't drive for long distance and I live in small family. For example, my friend Abdulla Ismail got 3.80 planets because he travels by air plane annually to his family. I think that industries, transports and construction emit the high amount of carbon dioxide.The Gulf region emitted high amount of carbon footprint compared to world. The UAE ranked the second and after Qatar. In the UAE, 32 tones of CO2 are produced per person in the year. It is very high amount compared to other countries such as Chain which produce only 3.7 tones of CO2 per person annually (Bleja, 2009).
I think that our country have a high amount of carbon footprint because of individual travelling. For example, most people in the UAE don't use the public transportation and they use their own car. We have to reduce the carbon footprint by recycling glasses, cans and paper. Also, we have to decrease the using of fossil fuel by using public transportation and using small engine car.
Bibliography:
Bleja, David. CO2 emissions, birth & death rates by country, simulated real-time. 16 Apr. 2009
WWF Footprint Calculator. World Wide Fund for Nature. 16 Apr. 2009
"Carbon footprint -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2009. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 16 Apr. 2009
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