Alexandra Shimo –Barry in her new book, The Environment Equation, teaches readers how to calculate your carbon footprint. Eight Multiplication factors are provided to multiply the various bills, number of flights undertaken, etc and add them up to get your carbon footprint. Many attempts are made to scale back on energy use.
For example, the multiplication factor for monthly electricity bill is 105, the monthly oil bill by 113, the number of flights undertaken (4 hours or less) by 1,100, etc. A number below 6,000 (reflected in pounds per year) excellent and over 22,000 not so great. Good is anywhere from 6000 to 15,999.
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I did notice that the calculator did NOT include bioheat (B5 blend of oil). It's burns at a higher BTU and it will last longer seeing as how it uses biodiesel. So I don't see how accurate the calculator can actually be. It burns better than regular oil so it reduces the carbon footprint at an increasing rate.
Check this site out for more info on it and you'll see how much bioheat can actually help reduce greenhouse gases.
http://oilheatamerica.com/index.mv?screen=bioheat
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