Who Is Carbon Subtraction?

What is A Carbon FOOTPRINT?
Why should you and your family take notice of all of the news about CO2 Emissions and Global Climate change? Here are some numbers to help put it into perspective.

1
Rank of America as top global warming polluter in the world.
20%
Percent increase of America's carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels since 1990.
15%
Percent increase of America's carbon dioxide emissions forecasted by 2020 if we do not cap pollution.
78
Number of days by which the US fire season has increased over the past 20 years - tied closely to increased temperatures and earlier snowmelt.
0
Number of federal bills passed to cap America's global warming pollution.

What Is A Carbon Footprint

A Carbon Footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).
In other words: When you drive a car, the engine burns fuel which creates a certain amount of CO2, depending on its fuel consumption and the driving distance. (CO2 is the chemical symbol for carbon dioxide). When you heat your house with oil, gas or coal, then you also generate CO2. Even if you heat your house with electricity, the generation of the electrical power may also have emitted a certain amount of CO2. When you buy food and goods, the production of the food and goods also emitted some quantities of CO2.

Your carbon footprint is the sum of all emissions of CO2 (carbon dioxide), which was induced by your activities in a given time frame. Usually a carbon footprint is calculated for the time period of a year.

EXAMPLES:
For each gallon of fuel consumed, 22.8 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) are emitted.
If your car consumes 20 miles per gallon, then a drive of 300 miles distance consumes 300miles / 20 MPG = 15 gallons. 15 x 22.8 = 342 pounds of CO2 added to your personal carbon footprint.

Each of the following activities add 1 pound of CO2 to your personal carbon footprint:
Travel by public transportation (train or bus) a distance of 3 to 3.5 miles
Drive with your car a distance of 1 mile (assuming 22.8 mpg)
Fly on a plane a distance of .625 miles.
Operate your computer for 14 hours (60 Watt consumption assumed)
Production of 2 plastic bags
Production of 1 plastic bottle

ABOUT CARBON SUBTRACTION
REDUCE, REUSE & OFFSET TO HELP SAVE OUR PLANET!

The main objective here at Carbon Subtraction is to educate you on the problem your carbon footprint pose and offer you the ability to reduce it to make an impact on Global Climate Change. We want to provide information on green initiatives such as bio fuels, alternative energy sources, and organic farming so that both the symptoms and the disease that is Global Climate Change, can be addressed. We offer you an opportunity to make a substantial and tangible difference in this global problem.

1. Please spend some time at Carbonsubtraction.com and learn more about your impact on the Earth and what you can do to reduce your footprint. Learn more about our Green Initiatives and the programs we have at Carbon Subtraction.

2. Use the Carbon Footprint calculator to see exactly what your carbon emissions are per year.

3. TAKE ACTION, by changing your lifestyle which helps to reduce your footprint and then purchase one of our comprehensive plans. Carbon Subtraction offers a wide range in carbon offset plans using a varied approach to offset your footprint. You can make a global and long reaching difference in the fight against Global Climate Change.