What’s carbon footprint and what does it do

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Somehow I’ve made it this far without having an understanding lol

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Annual greenhouse-gas emissions per capita. For instance, the USA emits almost 6 billion tonnes; divide by 330 million people, and the average American is responsible for almost 20 tonnes of emissions, directly and indirectly.

https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks

You can cut it finer if you know more about a particular person. How many gallons of gas consumed per year? How many miles flown? How much electricity, and how much coal and natural gas in the mix of sources? Etc.