Can We Make Our Carbon Footprints Smaller?

How can Americans reduce their carbon footprints?

• By taking only two or three long airplane trips a year.

• By buying a lot of small products instead of a few big products.

• By reducing taxes on food, housing, and transportation.

• By spending less money on goods and services.

The average American's carbon footprint is ...

• approximately eight times more than the global average carbon footprint per person.

• approximately five times more than the global average carbon footprint per person.

• approximately double the global average carbon footprint per person.

Americans with the lowest carbon footprint are usually ...

• people who have nowhere to live or eat.

• people who serve as soldiers.

• people who are unemployed.

A person who lives a simple lifestyle in the US has a high caarbon footprint because...

• he or she can´t pay a tax to offset his or her carbon footprint.

• the CO2 footprint calculation is not divided equally among all US citizens.

• he or she has access to public services paid for by the government.

The "rebound effect"...

• has a negative impact on an individual's carbon footprint.

• has a positive impact on an individual's carbon footprint.

• has no impact on an individual's carbon footprint.

The writer's conclusion is that ...

• paying a carbon footprint tax is an easy solution.

• finding a way to reduce the average US citizen's carbon footprint is more important than anything else to all Americans.

• reducing the US carbon footprint is almost impossible.

Look at the highlighted words and phrases in the text and try to figure out their meaning. Then fill in the blank to the following definition:

not using the public supplies of electricity, gas, or water

Look at the highlighted words and phrases in the text and try to figure out their meaning. Then fill in the blank to the following definition:

the powerful effect that something has on someone or something.

Look at the highlighted words and phrases in the text and try to figure out their meaning. Then fill in the blank to the following definition:

money that you have to pay the goverment so that it can pay for public services.

Look at the highlighted words and phrases in the text and try to figure out their meaning. Then fill in the blank to the following definition:

sent into the air