Average Footprint
Submitted by cfm on Tue, 2008-04-01 19:10.
The average per person US Average footprint. From Northwest Earth Institutute, "Choices for Sustainable Living", p111-5.
| U. S. Average Footprint - 2001 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Land | Crop Land | Pasture | Forest | Built Area | Sea | Total | |
| Food Household Transportation Goods Services Other Total |
2.0 3.7 5.8 4.3 2.3 0.1 18.3 |
3.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 3.4 |
2.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.5 |
0.0 1.4 0.0 1.1 0.7 0.0 3.2 |
0.0 1.2 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 2.3 |
0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 |
7.7 6.4 6.7 5.9 3.1 0.1 29.9 |
Note: energy land area is that required to absorb CO2 released by fossil fuel consumption, 2001.
