EPA CO2 CALCULATOR

One often overlooked value in transportation (or at least the transportation costs that I tend to deal with) is the impact of CO2 emissions.

The EPA has developed a greenhouse gas calculator, which you can view here.

Little did I know that by driving to and from work for a week that I am producing 0.09 tons of carbon dioxide. The carbon contained in 10 gallons of gasoline (my average fill up) takes 2 trees 10 years to absorb and to sequester.

These are just averages but it does give me something to think about.

There is an environmental cost to all the goods that we consume and it is not limited to just the packaging and waste (which can be recycled or re-used).