What is the Carbon Footprint Suite multi-solver?

Carbon Footprint Suite is a guided workflow that chains 2 individual PolySim solvers into one end-to-end analysis, piping each result into the next step.

Yes. Every step runs entirely in your browser using real numerics — no install, no account, no cloud cost. Custom or private solver packs are available as a paid service.

Earth & First Responders Pack · Multi-Solver

Carbon Footprint Suite

Emissions & offset. This multi-solver chains 2 solvers into a single guided workflow — run each step in order and carry the result forward.

Workflow steps

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Carbon FootprintLive

your annual CO₂ in tonnes

8.7

tonnes CO₂ per year

Electricity

1.9 t

Driving

2.3 t

Flights

2.0 t

Diet

2.5 t

Controls

Presets

Electricity (kWh/month)

Driving (km/year)

Flights (short-haul/yr)

Diet

Your carbon footprint is the sum of the greenhouse gases your lifestyle emits each year. The big levers are usually flying, driving, home energy, and diet. The global average is about 4.7 tonnes per person, but a livable-planet target is closer to 2 tonnes. Estimates use typical emission factors and will vary by region.

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Total footprint8.7 t CO₂/yr

vs global avg1.8×

vs 2t target4.3× over

Governing equation

E_{t o t a l} = i \sum a_{i} f_{i} = 1.9 + 2.3 + 2.0 + 2.5 = 8.7 t CO_{2} /yr

Reading this result: Diet is your single biggest slice at 2.5 t of the 8.7 t total, so that is where a cut moves the needle most — one long-haul flight can outweigh a whole year of driving.

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reservoirs & fluxes

Controls

Speed1×

Presets

Emissions (GtC/yr)

Carbon moves between four great reservoirs — atmosphere, surface ocean, deep ocean, and biosphere — through exchange fluxes. Add fossil emissions to the atmosphere box and watch how slowly the oceans and land can draw it back down. The deep ocean is huge but exchanges slowly.

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Data Inspector

Year0

Atmosphere875 GtC

CO₂410 ppm

Governing equation

\frac{d C _{a t m}}{d t} = E - F_{a s} - F_{ab} = 10.0 - 6.8 - - 3.6 GtC/yr

Reading this result: At 10 GtC/yr the surface ocean and biosphere buffer part of the input, but they saturate, so atmospheric CO₂ keeps drifting upward rather than settling.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Carbon Footprint Suite multi-solver?: Carbon Footprint Suite is a guided workflow that chains 2 individual PolySim solvers into one end-to-end analysis, piping each result into the next step.
Is it free to use?: Yes. Every step runs entirely in your browser using real numerics — no install, no account, no cloud cost. Custom or private solver packs are available as a paid service.