CARZ FOR GIRLZ: Understanding Alternative Fuels & Carbon Footprints

Get Hip to Your Carbon Footprint

You know a need presents itself for alternative or renewable car fuels because the planet cannot survive on the oil or non-renewable fossil fuels we're depleting. We're going to break it all down in a snap. When teachers or parents or friends start talking about their carbon footprint, they are referring to how much each and everyone of us places a negative or harmful mark made up of greenhouse gases on the Earth. We do this through activities like eating meat, driving a car or taking a trip on a plane. Even just living in a big home, as big homes use a lot of energy to heat and light, can be an issue. So your size isn't just about what or how you drive, but really how you live. It's called a carbon footprint because all the gases from the above mentioned activities emit some kind of destructive carbon, like carbon dioxide. Cars release millions of these ugly molecules. These molecules are what heat up the Earth's atmosphere, or our protective ozone layer. When the sun's rays burn through and heat up our world too much, we get global warming, which is what causes the glaciers to fall apart.