Carbon dioxide emission, CO2
The carbon dioxide emissions (carbon footprint) caused by our personal behavior is driven to a large extent by the type and quality of our nourishment. The amount of greenhouse gases… Read More »Eat less meat: CO2 emission of our food
The attached Excel sheet can be used to calculate both CO2 emissions as well as primary energy requirements for the following activities: Heating with oil, gas, coal, wood, solar energy… Read More »Offline Carbon footprint calculator
Run your own simulations of global warming with the attached spreadsheets! Is prevention of global warming possible? Or is only mitigation of global warming possible? How fast do changes in… Read More »Get a feeling how mitigation of global warming can be affected
The following graph shows the cumulative CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions by country for the years 1900 until 2002. This is the sum of all CO2 emissions in the years 1900… Read More »Cumulative CO2 emissions by country
A carbon footprint is defined as the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).
The graph shows the total CO2 emission in million tons by country for the year 2002. Data source was the World Resources Institute (WRI). The CO2 emissions for the year… Read More »CO2 emissions by country
Global warming is a typical global phenomena, where the causer of the emission does not automatically suffer from it himself. Cause and effect are separated both in time as well… Read More »Global warming – it’s about you