Rants and Rays - Carbon Footprint 1 Year Later

After 1 year with solar, I recalculated my personal carbon footprint. I used the carbon footprint calculator from the US EPA.

With solar, my household of 4 people now has a carbon footprint of 25,103 lbs of CO2 per year (6,276 per household member). This is a reduction of 1,994 lbs of CO2 from the 27,097 lbs of CO2 (6,774 lbs per household member) we used to generate before we had solar PV on our roof.

The results are pretty incredible, but there is still a long way to go. I think reducing our car emissions would make the biggest dent. I just helped my parents get a Prius hybrid, so I'll take some credit there ;).