What One Tonne of CO2 Looks Like

Most of us would be aware of the controversy around CO2 that is emitted by many things – one being petroleum that gives us our gasoline, heat, air conditioning and so many other things. I have often wondered what it might look like. Finally, someone has visualized it – at the Copenhagen Climate Conference this month! Here’s the link!

It looks like a smaller version of a square hot air balloon. The visual impact is startling. According to The Nature Conservancy's calculator my household generates 77 tonnes of CO2 each year – the average American family generates 110 and the average of a 4 person household globally generates 2.2 tonnes of CO2. Imagine what 77 balloons would look like!

Quite a picture!

In my mind, anytime we can do to reduce this would give all of us a cleaner and healthier world