So... Which Calculator?

Right, so I have 4 different figures for the amount of carbon we, as a family, produce.
The Climate Friendly calculator did not include for waste production and type of diet so it was always going to come up shorter than the rest. There was really nothing to choose from with the other three. They all used the same or similar variables as the base for their calculations and came up with different figures but as the carbon offset industry is unregulated this isn't really a surprise.
So, I'm going to use the carbon neutral calculator because it was nice and simple to use, and it had the added feature of including public transport as a factor, which will become a feature in our carbon footprint in the next few months. The site also provides a figure of 28 tonnes as being the average amount of carbon produced by a single Australian in a year.

Carbon Offset Companies (cont.)

To their credit, the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council came back to me after I emailed them that their website was broke!

They suggested using the Carbon Neutral Calculator which returned

25.16 tonnes of carbon

based on emisions from waste, cars, energy, air travel and food.

Carbon Offset Companies

I'm using the top 5 carbon-offset Companies as listed in "G Magazine" to establish what my family's emissions are;

CLIMATE FRIENDLY

18.2 tonnes of carbon based on the use of cars, flights and power consumed at home.

CLEANER CLIMATE
A struggle to find the carbon calculator and then, after some redirections, I couldn't get it to work on my computer.... hmm

CLIMATE POSITIVE

24.72 tonnes of carbon. More complicated calculator basing it's figure on location, number of occupants, power consumption, amount of waste produced, car travel, food and flights

SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN REGIONAL COUNCIL
Link to carbon calculator did not work!

CARBON REDUCTION INSTITUTE

26.5 tonnes of carbon based on all travel, car useage, waste and power consumption. Power calculated on amount of energy used (both gas and electricity).