[reggieUK]

You can calculate your carbon footprint at the link below. I think it's supposed to be no
more than 4 tonnes of CO2 per person. Whan at link click the flashing
green arrow and note that the flights question is 1 flight per each
way so a hol to Spain is 2 flights not 1 unless you got back some
other way!

http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/cn2.nsf/calculator?openpage

I answered honestly (why do anything else) and took 2004 as the
year, seeing it was the last one! What I wasn't aware of was the
impact of staying in a hotel, be it in Oz or locally

anyway mine was a total of 18.14 tonnes of which

8.98 was home emissions ( and all our bulbs are energy ones, based on
an average Å

[Madpaddy]

Well, I try to do as little work as possible.

In fact I am living proof of the Law of Conservastion of Energy

So, in my own way I am doing my bit for the environment.

[smiley]

Interesting site

I get about 17 tonnes a year. I don't use a lot of energy around the house. (about 6 tonnes). My airtravel number is pretty high at about 10 tonnes.

However this is compensated by the fact that I don't have a car. It is amazing how much more effective public transport (and especially the train is) as compared to the car.

OK Paddy, you're excused. I know Irish trains and I know they're not an option. They are the only thing which make bus Eireann look good

[linlithgowoil]

i produce 7.02 tonnes of CO2 per year. 3.28 tonnes from the house and 3.74 from my car.

i dont use trains, trams, buses, planes. i dont go on holidays abroad much - two very young children, no money and massive debts.

[reggieUK]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('linlithgowoil', 'i')i dont use trains, trams, buses, planes. i dont go on holidays abroad much - two very young children, no money and massive debts.

[smiley]

Hmmmm. Forgot to add one thing

0.7 ton of CO2 per year by breathing.

[Madpaddy]

Excluding breathing my family of 4 emits the following per year

Home 6.86 tonnes CO2
Car 5.4 tonnes
Flights etc. 2.64 tonness

Not bad I think

[linlithgowoil]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('reggieUK', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('linlithgowoil', 'i')i dont use trains, trams, buses, planes. i dont go on holidays abroad much - two very young children, no money and massive debts.