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Reducing Carbon footprints. Ways to Reduce carbon emissons. Walk or bike instead of driving Recycle and use recycled products Communicate over phone for meetings rather than flying and meeting up Shop at local farms rather than supermarkets Inflate the tires on your car, it increase MPG
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Ways to Reduce carbon emissons • Walk or bike instead of driving • Recycle and use recycled products • Communicate over phone for meetings rather than flying and meeting up • Shop at local farms rather than supermarkets • Inflate the tires on your car, it increase MPG • Use compact florescent light bulbs they save 2/3rds the energy
If car manufacturers were to increase their fleets' average gas mileage about 3 miles per gallon, this country could save a million barrels of oil every day, while US drivers would save $25 billion in fuel costs annually. Carbon dioxide: -a colorless and odorless gas -formed during respiration, combustion and organic decomposition
Causes of Carbon Emissions • automobiles produce over 20% of carbon emissions • Airplanes cause 12% of transportation sector emissions • Electricity generation produces 40% of carbon emissions • Buildings structure account for about 12% of carbon dioxide emissions.
