OK, I鈥檒l bite. What the hell is my carbon footprint?
Wait, you may be thinking, I鈥檓 not like that. But even if you鈥檙e not the kind of person who would just dump all your trash on the ground in a park for fun, your actions and energy use are taking a toll on the planet via invisible pollutants, says Charles Barnhart, assistant professor at the Institute for Energy Studies at Western Washington University. 鈥淛ust as a park is a shared resource, the entire atmosphere is a shared resource.鈥