Here is an interesting survey to measure your houses' impact on climate

AS per your yellow peril discussion, do you think the communist chinese give a crapp about global warming. I think they would like to turn the us into a giant skillet and start frying the egg heads who are blathering about it.

That was surprising...We are way under the national average and not a lot higher than the world average! I wasn't expecting that at all. I still want to do even more but I guess we're not as bad as I thought!

Was glad to see that I am below the average at 19 with the average for my living conditions being 26.

We have an old gas furnace, my husband still have his car, which gets over 35 mph to a gallon, we have duo windows, energy efficient washer, dryer, refrigerator, and stove. I suppose we could flush the toilet once a day instead of every time we use it, and keep the water in the sink and not use the dishwasher, but I guess the need for cleanliness and the protection of my nasal cavities from offensive odors does outweigh the protection of the environment. I also believe we all should be moderate in our dealings and not go overboard and thus ruin our health in the meantime. It is an interesting article and I suppose given that in winter, we will have to turn up the heat, we might not get a good recommendation as they would wish.

We fall below the national average at our house. There are still a few things we can do to drop it even further, though. For instance, if I would remember to unplug things that we weren't using, that would help us a lot. The thing we scored highest on was because we drive too much. My husband has to go to work everyday, though, so for now, we are stuck with that one. We do get pretty good gas mileage at least, though. And we take good care of the car.

I didnt do as bad as I thought I would, however now I am reading about what else i can do. thanks for the interesting subject.

I couldn't get it to load on my p.c. However what really annoyed me is their statment on Climate Change - "Climate change is caused by the emission of heat-trapping gases – mostly carbon dioxide (CO2)", First part is partially true, the second is totally false. The biggest gas that is a contributer to climate change is water vapour (but this is classified as totally natural and discounted). Methane (given off by cows) is 20 times more potent than Carbon Dioxide for climate change. There has also been one study which suggests that when the temperature is higher the level of Carbon Dioxide is lower, and although a number of scientists have discredited this study, it fits in with the physical properties of Carbon Dioxide (ie gas heavier than air, so drops to the ground, Soluble in water, more soluble in warm water than cold). What massively contributes to an increase in carbon dioxide is deforestation, especially tropical rainforrests which are the biggest absorber of carbon dioxide.

I said I was a Californian...(I'm an Aussie..lol) and I scored 17 where the National average is 27. The World average is 5.5. WOW!

Well I scored a 39 for 2 people,below the national average... but I don't own a vehicle, am a meat eater and have no control over recycling and yard waste as we live in an apartment building. This seemed to be a very general type of survey and I am not sure how accurate this thing is anyway.

Our family is under the national average, but not much. We just replaced some of our light bulbs with the new flourescent ones. That helped a lot. We also have a corn burning stove to heat the house in the winter instead of using our normal gas furnace exclusively. Corn burns hotter and longer with less emmisions than the gas. I think it's funny how just simple little things like changing lightbulbs can make a HUGE difference! :)

Not sure how accurate that could be. I was double the national average and I live alone in my little house!! Maybe the amount of driving I do per week... but I also recylce! I refuse to accept my score!

My husband and I are below the national average for carbon emissions. I was not supprised I do a lot to go green. We do not do some of the things they suggest but we try. If we could afford it we could buy a new car that gets better gas milage. Maybe one of these days.