Sonke siyazi ukuba ungagcina itoni yemali kunye nexesha ngokubamba intlanganiso online. Iyavakala - hlanganisa wonke umntu kwifowuni kwaye ulondoloze iindleko zegesi, iindleko zenqwelomoya, ixesha lokuhamba kunye nokunye. Kuthekani ukuba unokugcina itoni ye-CO2 nayo? Ukukhutshwa kweCO2, kunjalo...
Ngale ntsasa ndiye ndenza uphando. Kuyavela ukuba iintlanganiso ezikwi-intanethi kunye neenkonzo ezifana neCallbridge yeyona ndlela ilungileyo yokusingqongileyo. Ngaphaya ngo whatsmycarbonfootprint.com baye bapapasha i Umgaqo we-GHG amanani ohambo ngomoya:
Iinqwelo ezimfutshane zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya (ezingaphantsi kweekhilomitha ezingama-300) zivelisa i-0.64 lbs / imayile ye-CO2 ngomgibeli ngamnye.
Ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya okuphakathi (ngaphantsi kwe-1000 yeemayile) kuvelisa i-0.44 lbs / imayile ye-CO2 ngomgibeli ngamnye.
Iinqwelomoya ezinde zokuhamba (ngaphezulu kwe-1000 yeemayile) zivelisa i-0.39 lbs / imayile ye-CO2 ngomkhweli ngamnye.
Ke masithi bendifuna ukuba nentlanganiso kwi-intanethi nomntu oseToronto (270 miles from Ottawa), San Francisco (2900 miles from Ottawa), and Chicago (750 miles from Ottawa). Ukuba sonke sadibana e-Ottawa endaweni ye-intanethi, i-CO2 eyenziwa yi-air travel yethu yayiza kuba yi-270 × 0.64 + 750 × 0.44 + 2900 × 0.39 = 1634 lbs, okanye i-0.8 tons, ye-CO2.
Ngoko, kuthetha ukuthini oko? Ukuyibeka ngokwembono, umyinge waseMntla Melika uvelisa iitoni ezingama-20 zokukhutshwa kweCO2 ngonyaka. Ukutshintsha iihambo ezi-4 okanye ezi-5 ngonyaka ngeentlanganiso ze-intanethi kunye ne-Callbridge (okanye nayiphi na enye inkonzo, kulo mbandela) kunokubonisa ukuncipha kwe-25% yokukhutshwa komntu ophakathi.
Ucocekile, akunjalo? Kwaye cinga ngayo yonke imali ozakuyonga nayo...