Climate Change Part 03 Carbon Footprint And How to Save Money
The most important Issue
Climate change is pushing our earths climate to extreme levels. Earth will survive, what about us?
Nature and human
The whole problem is not made just by CO2, CH4(methane) plays a major role in climate change and it is produced by natural and human activity combined. Animal waste deforestation and our bad habit throwing food are the main reasons behind CH4 and CO2 emissions, finally there is N2O(nitrous oxide) which is made by bacteria breaking down the nitrogen compounds and soils in the oceans. The use of nitrogen fertilizers in farming is increasing the rate.
What is carbon footprint
Carbon footprint is the use of electricity in any way, when the electricity is produced by coal, natural gas, oil etc. For example using my PC write know(electricity comes from a coal factory).
How to reduce your carbon footprint in your diet
Buy locally produced food, when food travels it uses petroleum based energy. Do not discard your food, eat your leftovers. And maybe even plant a garden.
How to reduce your carbon footprint by traveling
First of all don't use airplanes if you don't really have to. When using your car(if it is not electric) its carbon footprint(yours actually) is high, you can reduce it by sharing your car with more people, smaller footprint if you are 3 people in a car and not alone. Finally use transit.
How to reduce your carbon footprint at home
Do not leave your lights on for no particular reason. Insert better insulation and during winter keep your houses temp at one particular point for example 22 C. Place area rugs on your floors, it will keep you warmer and you wont need to crank up your thermostat.If you do have the money add a solar roof.
How does all this save you money?
By not discarding your food and producing some of it you save money every day. By sharing the oil needed for traveling u save money, and transit saves even more, airplane tickets well too expensive. By turning off your lights you save money from your bills and not having to use heating all the time saves money too.
Final thoughts
It is not so difficult to "profit" while at the same time saving the climate that supports human life, be smart make informed choices.
Climate change part 01: https://steemit.com/science/@diasdr/climate-change-part-01-general-info
Climate change part 02: https://steemit.com/science/@diasdr/climate-change-part-02-the-time-line
Climate Change part 04: https://steemit.com/science/@diasdr/climate-change-part-04-nuclear-power-and-the-thorium-conspiracy
Climate change part 05: https://steemit.com/science/@diasdr/climate-change-part-05-final-part-my-part
You can find more articles of mine here: https://steemit.com/@diasdr
awesome article, interesting stuff @diasdr!
I am glad u find it interesting
If we want to make sure our future generations still has some green life left it is time to act! Great post! Everybody can do something. Even though it seems small and unmeaningful to you... all small bits can make a huge difference!
There is nothing small to our personal acts for change :) every little move is huge cause it gives the right example to others.
Idk, from my observations of the wealthy, it kinda does seem like it's impossible to profit while doing what's right, or what's better for the planet. It seems as if it would break their banks and put them destitute on the streets if they changed for the better of the planet, even just a little bit, it's almost as if they're allergic to making slightly less money.
So aren't you here in steemit because you are tired of their "business as usual"?
I wouldn't say that that's why im on steemit, but i am tired of them. As a small fry, trying to use less gas dependent transport, growing some of my own food and disposing of refuse without burning plastics is about the most i can do for now.
Sooner than we think solar panels about 1/4 of centimeter thick will be very very cheap to install so your might add your own energy in all your efforts. :) As i already said small personal acts are huge great examples. good luck mate
We really need to follow these steps. Simple yet make a huge difference. Especially the travel part. No use traveling in the car alone, better use public transport wherever possible.
I think we will in the future, we are not so bad as a civilization.
Right. Not so bad, but bad surely.
I completely agree with this article. I would love to have a garden and grow my own food. Living in the city makes that difficult, but I'm looking forward to having my garden in the future :)