I am actually very, extremely disappointed in my carbon footprint quiz. I know I do not live extremely green but I thought I would do a lot better compared to the average American, but in reality I would need 4.2 earths to live the way I do if everyone did what I do, compared to the average 4.6 earths. The max population that the earth could sustain if everyone lived like me would be 1.75 billion compared to the 7 billion we have today. This to me is unacceptable.
Though the services portion of the quiz is what seems to be the most detrimental to my carbon footprint I think the food is an area I am more likely to fix. I consume a lot of animal products and not a lot of it is locally grown, causing a lot of long distance transportation to be needed for me to get my goods. In order to reduce this weakness I must look into more locally grown foods, organic foods and less animal products. If I adjust my food habits I can bring down my earth count to 3.7 much better then the above 4.2.
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