All Posts Tagged With: "Carbon dioxide"

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My Personal Carbon Footprint

I wanted to find out what my personal contribution to global warming is.
This is called a carbon footprint - a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) generated and released to the environment. Carbon footprints can be calculated for anything- individuals, products, businesses, industries, communities, countries.
They’re computed either as a “Life Cycle Assessment […]

9May2008 | User ImageLisa | 5 comments | Continued
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How Big is the Biofuel Footprint?

The jury is still out on whether or not biofuels are a better alternative to oil. A variety of recent studies suggest a much larger carbon footprint than initially thought.
Though biofuels burn cleaner, when you take into account the clearing of natural vegetation required to grow the corn (ethanol), or palm trees (palm oil), […]

24Mar2008 | User ImageLisa | 0 comments | Continued