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Modern day technologies have made modern day living as convenient as can be imagined. From cars to planes to fancy household appliances, inventions running off energy sources make life much easier. All these new technologies, however, have not been so good for our environment. Since the industrial revolution in the 1700’s, global atmospheric concentrations of carbon have increased by over 35%.
.To change, we must first become aware of what harm we as individuals, companies, organizations, communities, cities and countries, are causing to the atmosphere. One way to measure this harm is to calculate the carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases produced both indirectly and directly by an individual, organization, event or product. For example: in any given individual’s daily activities he/she will typically drive a car, shower, turn on the stove, open a fridge, brush their teeth several times, etc. Every one of those activities requires energy, and if that energy isn’t natural or renewable energy, CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHG’s) will be released into the atmosphere. The carbon footprint for that individual would be the total amount of carbon and other GHG’s (measured in pounds) released by that person’s activities over a given amount of time, usually a year.
There are carbon footprint “calculators” available on various Websites, so individuals and companies can more easily determine their carbon footprint. Once organizations and individuals know the size of their carbon footprint, a strategy can be devised to reduce the amount of pollution caused by that person or organization.
There are various ways and methods of reducing CO2 emissions. The most effective is for scientists and engineers to research and find new ways to utilize natural or “green” energy sources. Green energy sources include solar power, wind power, hydro-power, biomass fuels and several others. As of now we have only began to tap the possibilities for usage of natural resources, especially the sun. Most of the available natural energy on earth comes from solar radiation and secondary solar resources, such as wind, hydroelectricity, and biomass. However, we have still only been able to harness miniscule amounts of the energy the sun has to offer.
Although greenhouse gas atmospheric emissions have grown due to technology, awareness of this problem have stirred research and inventions of other new technologies. These technologies are designed to assist in harnessing and conserving natural energy sources, which will help lower annual CO2 emissions.
Aside from researching, those of us that aren’t scientists and engineers can still make large contributions to reducing carbon emissions and conserving energy. Simple things like cutting shower time, turning the thermostat down at night, line drying clothes when possible and shopping at local grocery stores are only some of the many easy ways we can help the atmosphere. The pages and links in this website more fully explain the various methods for energy conservation, natural energy’s and what we can do to help.
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