RP Fuel 2-23-17 Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment, which cause adverse change. Cars have gas and they pollute the Earth. I release about 28.8 tons of carbon annually. My CO2 emissions equals to 2,940 gallons of gasoline consumed. Carbon offsets are investments that reduce carbon emissions. In order to reduce the amount of carbon emissions that I release into the atmosphere, 677 trees would have to be grown. According to Sandra Steinbarger, there are three ways to lower the amount of pollution being released into the atmosphere, One is plant a garden, next one is mow grass without the assistance of fossil fuels, and the last one is replace the clothes dryer with evaporation. There are three ways in my opinion to lower the amount of carbon being released into the atmosphere. One of them is to create less garbage by throwing away less paper. When you need paper, try to use one of your old pieces of paper. My next one is eat more fresh food instead of eating packaged foods. If you eat packaged food, the factory has to make the package and that causes pollution. My last one is to walk more instead of taking transportation, Taking transportation causes pollution. My family does not own a car so that is why I do not release pollution into the air.
The equation for finding the number of trees is 23.2 lbs C/tree × (44 units CO2 / 12 units C) × 1 metric ton / 2,204.6 lbs = 0.039 metric ton CO2 per urban tree planted. My answer was 677 tree seedlings. The equation for waste is 0.86 metric tons of carbon equivalent/ton × 44 kg CO2/12 kg C = 3.15 metric tons CO2 equivalent /ton of waste recycled instead of landfilled. The equation for gas for buses is 8,887 grams of CO2 /gallon of gasoline =8.887 × 10-3 metric tons CO2/gallon of gasoline. The carbon cycle is when the trees absorb the carbon and release out oxygen. The carbon ppm, parts per million, is at 400, and we need to reduce it to 350. By doing that, we can plant more trees. Eating more fresh vegetables can help because release very little pollution into the atmosphere. Eating more packaged meals, the factory makes the packages and that causes pollution to be released into the atmosphere. Walking more takes absolutely zero pollution. Taking transportation releases pollution into the atmosphere. Less garbage releases less pollution into the atmosphere. When there is more garbage, the garbage trucks have to carry more garbage to the dumpster and that causes pollution. More garbage slowly releases pollution into the atmosphere. We are going in the wrong direction, we keep going higher in ppm. If we want to go lower in the ppm, we have to try to achieve goals, for example, cars, trains, etc. In conclusion, pollution is bad for the Earth. If we need to fix that we need to bring our ppm, parts per million, down. To do that, we need to walk more instead of taking transportation and plant more trees. What we should not do is eat more packaged meals because the factory has to make the package and that causes a lot of pollution. Those are the main reasons why we should bring our ppm down. It will be better for the environment. Sources Cited: "400 Ppm CO2: What It Means." 400 Ppm CO2: What It Means. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2017. "What Is The Carbon Cycle?" What Is The Carbon Cycle? N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2017. "Car Images." Free Stock Photos. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2017.