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Your Carbon Footprint

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Shell, Jul 3, 2007.

  1. Shell

    Shell Awww, come and give me a big hug!

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    Here's a carbon footprint calculator, quite interesting to do

    Mine was 7.82 compared to a national average of 10.22 so not too bad :)

    Voila
     
    Shell, Jul 3, 2007
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    2.67 tonnes per year

    vs national average of 4.48 tonnes
    vs target average of 2.12 tonnes

    Fun quiz, considering I don't live in the UK.
     
    kuemper, Jul 4, 2007
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    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    7.59 for me. Seems reasonably average although I did estimate some of the answers a bit vaguely.
     
    Harbourboy, Jul 4, 2007
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  4. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Wow...in a 2 bedroom apartment, I got a score of 5.47... I guess a natural gas central air system, 100% fluorescent light bulb replacement, and the fact that we don't use much power makes a difference. :rolling:
     
    Kitrax, Jul 4, 2007
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  5. Shell

    Shell Awww, come and give me a big hug!

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    Erm Kitrax , did you do all 3 parts of the test?


    I live in a 2-bedroom flat too
     
    Shell, Jul 4, 2007
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  6. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Yeah...I just figured that out. :doh:

    So the fact that I fly and drive to California quite often rose my score quite a bit. :hmm: Oh well. :rolling:
     
    Kitrax, Jul 4, 2007
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    Dalveen Rimmer gone Bald Veteran

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    Ok, i suck :( 6.97, and thats just me, not my family, transport really whacked it up, maybe i should drive less...
     
    Dalveen, Jul 4, 2007
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  8. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    That survey is clearly from the UK...my 2.0 liter engine is on the high side of the "medium" sized engines. "Large" is any engine over 2.0 liters! :eek: :rolling:
     
    Kitrax, Jul 4, 2007
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    Carcaroth I call on the priests, saints and dancin' girls ★ SPS Account Holder

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    7.78 tonnes.

    The house fails as it is old and doesn't have cavity walls, nevermind insulation in them.

    Otherwise it's the car - which is about as low as I can get it anyway. And the one holiday a year.
     
    Carcaroth, Jul 4, 2007
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    Umm, what did you guys put as your postal code if you don't live in the UK?

    I was too frightened to put anything lest I mess up their statistics, and I didn't do the whole thing because of that...
     
    Iku-Turso, Jul 4, 2007
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    Gah! 15.38 tonnes per year, all because I drive close to 40,000 miles per year (my house and appliances combined were less than 0.5). There's absolutely no way I can get this number lower. I did include business travel in this, which I probably shouldn't have.

    It's definitely a UK test. My primary car has a 2.0 liter engine in it, which is one of the smallest that can be bought in this country, but it's still considered a large engine by their standards.
     
    Rastor, Jul 6, 2007
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    Result was higher then I would have liked...But then I live in Australia. Differant average here.
     
    The Magister, Jul 6, 2007
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    1.12. Then again, I did the individual test...I can't drive, don't own any washing machine/dryer whatever, but I do go home in the weekend and use my parents' appliances...still, I don't think that I have a very large footprint. I always use public transport and use recycled paper. Also have the green light bulb thingies.
     
    Uytuun, Jul 6, 2007
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  14. Kitrax

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    As an update, I was watching some Live Earth concerts and browsing the maine site when I came across a link to a carbon footprint calculator for US citizens.

    Here's the link: http://liveearth.msn.com/green/calculator

    It doesn't have nearly as many questions as the UK one though.

    My score with the US calculator is 7.5. :rolling:
     
    Kitrax, Jul 8, 2007
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