First, the carbon calculator will ask where you live. It asks this because some states rely on coal as a resource, which is generally a "dirtier" resource. Next, it usually asks you how large the household is. This way, it can calculate your
total versus the entire family. The calculator will divide the estimate for your home by the price of the power in your
area. This number is multiplied by the state emissions factor, which relates to the type of resource the state uses.
Also included in your carbon footprint is transportation. The calculator will estimate your annual mileage, along with
the car's make, model, and year. The mileage is then divided by the efficiency of the car in order to determine the fuel
usage. This number is multiplied by the emissions factor of gasoline, and then is converted to the pounds of CO2
used.
Finally, all of these numbers, along with a small calculation for air travel, are compiled together to give you your CO2
output in tons. Once you have this number, you can adjust some of your daily routine and purchases to make your
footprint a little smaller.
Read the passage above. List the steps for calculating your carbon footprint.

Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban.i don’t really want to talk about my father but i end up telling minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. dad’s family owned casinos in cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. there were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. he took me on an overnight inspection once. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets.how does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage? it includes historical information about the spaniards and indians to indicate the work is nonfiction.it describes the setting of the ranch owned by pilar’s cuban grandparents to explain family values.it uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in cuba.it manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between pilar and her father.