I was on another blog site and I found a link to this site where you can enter in some basic information and it will estimate your carbon footprint. That is, the amount of carbon you, as an individual or household, will send into the air on a yearly basis. It can be eye opening. My score is 7.4. That means that on a yearly basis me and my family send about 7.4 tons of carbon into the air. This isn't actually that bad, considering Jacksonville averages 15.5 tons per year and Florida averages 16.3 tons per year.
There is also a Pledges section where it gives suggestions for reducing your carbon footprint and saving you some money also. Things like, replacing traditional light bulbs with energy efficient ones, drying your clothes on a line instead of in a dryer, letting dishes air dry or turning off the heated dry function on your dishwasher, setting your thermostat a few degrees higher or lower in the summer and winter. These are all very simple ways of saving energy and money that don't really take any extra work or thought on your part. By simply changing a few very small things about our lifestyles we can make a very big impact on the world around us. So, go check out the website, do your own calculation and see where you stand.
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