Economy Blogpost

My starting ecological footprint was a 4.4 with 39% services, 13% food, 21% shelter, 13% mobility, and 14% goods. Most of this came from the fact that my house uses a lot of electricity. After my day of trying to reduce my ecological footprint, I was suprised to find out that changing my diet to becoming practically a vegitarian did absolutely nothing to help my footprint. A day wasted... But, i did not drive my car, which gets about 13mpg and that took my footprint all the way down to 3.9. I remembered to turn off the lights when I left a room and shut off the water when I was brushing my teeth, but I dont know what that will do to my monthly electricity bill so I did not change that part. I was suprised by the fact that changing my diet did not change my footprint, so I decided to mess around and make a perfect ecological man. That dude still used up 2.2 earths.... wtc? Anyways, it is cost effective to reduce my ecological footprint to a degree. It would be more cost effective to get a car with better gas mileage and to use less electricity because both of those would cut down on my bills i have to pay. But it is not always convenient. If I had to get up hours earlier than I already do to sit at the bus stop to get to school everyday I would not be a happy camper. I believe most people live their lifestyles the way they do because of the convenience of being able to do their own thing on their own time.

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Concern

A major concern for the next 4 years is the environment. This has become a concern mostly because of the usage of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels, when burned, release CO2 gas that allows energy to come into the atmosphere, but does not let out as much energy which warms the earth. The warming of the earth causes more intense weather conditions. Also when some fossil fuels are burned, NO3 and SO3 are released which can be damaging to the environment forming smog and resulting in acid rain. The environment is also effected by the throwing away of products that are not biodegradable. This can be solved by more recycling. If these problems are not solved, their can be deadly consequences.