March 7, 2011

Check out this link on National Geographic for tons of eye-opening information regarding the Global Carbon Footprint.

Here's a few tid-bits of information that I found striking:

Canada's current emissions are: 736 million tons
U.S. current emissions are: 7,098 million tons
China's current emissions are: 7,249.8 million tons

However, per capita Canada and the U.S. are way closer compared to China:

Canada: 22.8 tons per person
U.S. : 23.9 tons per person
China: 5.6 tons per person

Even more depressing, is that Canada and the U.S. are just under double the fourth highest country, Russia which is 13.9 tons per person.
And, while everyone probably would say the U.S would be the highest per capita, it is not. Australia takes the cake at 27.4 tons of carbon per person.

With that being said, check out this video:

So, lets get out there and do something to lower our carbon footprints!