subject: Carbon Offsetting: Changing the Way We Produce and Use Energy [print this page] Carbon Offsetting: Changing the Way We Produce and Use Energy
Carbon dioxide gas (CO2), one of the most abundant gasses in the atmosphere is however vital for life on earth but in today's time of industrialization, the gas is a culprit causing Global Warming', a condition in which the temperature of the earth exceeds its normal causing the earth heats up. Carbon dioxide is essential for plants for the processes of photosynthesis and respiration; both vital for life on the Green Planet, one for making food and other for generating oxygen, without which we even cannot imagine a life on the Earth.
Carbon dioxide was always present in the atmosphere but this is only after the industrialization that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has raised dangerously causing imbalance to the ecosystem of the Earth. As industrialization spread, the consumption of fossil fuel increased and it has also increased the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Every person living on the earth and most man-made processes produce "carbon footprints" (the measure of the amount of greenhouse gases, measured in units of carbon dioxide). As the concentration of CO2 is continuously increasing in the atmosphere, there is a crucial need to find some climate change solution.
There are many and varied climate change solution that we can use to protect our planet and life forms surviving on it, from the harmful effects of Global Warming. By reducing consumption of fossil fuels for our energy requirements, we can make a significant change in our daily life and so our total carbon footprints. We can calculate our carbon footprints by using a carbon calculator and can measure our impact on our climate. Then we can try our best to reduce our carbon footprints. We can switch to alternative sources of energy like energy from wind, solar, wave, bio-fuels etc. to eliminate CO2 emissions.
We can adopt a carbon neutral lifestyle and save life on earth, for e.g. we can go for carbon neutral flights by purchasing carbon offsets and can significantly reduce our carbon emissions.
Purchasing carbon offsets is the best way to lead a carbon neutral life, to actually help fund a project that is able to prevent one ton of greenhouse gases from being emitted for each ton that you have caused.
