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Asked by Daniel to Aileen, Caroline, Christopher, Rehemat, Stephanie, Stephen on 7 Mar 2018.
Question: what is a carbon foot print
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Christopher Nankervis answered on 7 Mar 2018:
Carbon footprints are a measure of the impact that an activity has on the climate. This is usually measured in tonnes of carbon.
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Stephanie Mann answered on 8 Mar 2018:
In the same way a footprint can leave a mark on a path, our carbon emissions leave a mark on the earth – it causes global warming, which causes the sea to become more acidic, sea level rise and extreme weather. We call our own carbon emissions a “carbon footprint” to let us know that when we do things like eat foods from all over the world and drive around lots when we could walk, we are leaving a mark like a footprint on earth.
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Stephen Twomlow answered on 8 Mar 2018:
A carbon foot print is a way of measuring how much carbon might be used to grow a piece of food, process it and get it to your plate for you to eat. Whether we grow food or build machinery each part of the cycle requires energy to drive it, this energy if it does not come from sunlight,comes from fossil fuels that are burned to create fertilizers, transport etc etc – each step requires an energy input and we can estimate the Carbon at each point and add it all togeher – its why we see green fridges and washing machine – even greener (???) cars-they use less energy than in the past so reduce their carbon foot print
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Aileen Baird answered on 9 Mar 2018:
As the others have said, a carbon footprint is just a way of measuring how much carbon is release from a specific activity or person. It can make it easier to understand especially when very big numbers are involved!
A carbon footprint can be used to describe anything- for example 1 person’s carbon emissions as Stephanie has said, or for the production of a plate of food as Stephen has said. It is just a tool to help people to understand.
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