YOUR Carbon footprint....?

[arenean]

Has anyone tried the UK Government's personal CO2 calculator yet?

It was launched on Wednesday, but I couldn't get on it until today due to the heavy traffic on the site.
I ended up with a higher carbon footprint than I thought (must have been that long-haul flight last year that did it....)

It's here:

Are you ready to act on CO2?

[Ian David]

1. My household footprint is 13.46 tonnes n/t

[durrrty libby]

2. Cool site. Of course you have to convert dollars to pounds

My family uses 7.2 that is pretty good

[rox63]

3. My carbon footprint 6.32 tons n/t

[Warpy]

4. Mine is 3.3, but that's a high number due to disability

because they didn't have an option for my electric moped. Factor that in, and I'd probably hit the target since transportation is what got my number that high.

Public transportation here SUCKS and it's hard for somebody with arthritis to cope with those huge steps on the city bus.

[hg4]

5. carbon rationing

slightly OT..

Heard a lecture recently indicating that the concept of per-citizen
carbon rationing is catching on in Britain. The argument is that
unilateral actions by individuals while good will never be enough.
Per the lecture we have 3-5 years max before it's too late to
stop global warming.

They mention the concept of "love miles" - I was listening to
this lecture on an MP3 player wile driving my 755 "love miles"
to visit my 90 year old parents ;->
I should have gone w/o heat in order to save up the carbon rations,
before driving, so they say. IIRC the lecture was from "unwelcome guests: -
see http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=result&action=series&series=Unwelcome%20Guests&nav=series&">link here, unsure which date, show 346??

[jimlup]

6. 6.2 tons per year

All due to airline travel.

[fazoolius_2006]

7. so stop flying...and you could be zero. ;-)

lol.