The Carbon Output Index, formed in 2007 by the Syleruian Ministry of the Environment, has been used only for Syleru for the past five years in order to grade it's carbon outputs to see if the nation was declining and improving in it's past pollution problems. Now, a much simpler version is available for government applications so our humble nation can grade your nation on it's approximate output of carbon. We made this publicly available so government's can learn about their environmental path and perhaps seek more ecologically superior alternatives in case of a high carbon output or to keep progressing toward complete environmental sanctity in case of a low, neutral or negative carbon output. We will also offer our professional government opinion on how your nation would benefit from environmental sanctity and ways to improve your score if it is poor. Thank you for taking the time and filling out the application, and as we always say in our humble nation, "Namaste!"
The application is available below, but be cautioned, applications must be of utmost accuracy to ensure the best estimates from our professionals down at the grading centres, and advise you double and triple check your values and refine your applications before you submit it to our nation to be graded. Please take your time, and if you have any comments, suggestions or questions, please do so in a formal manner alongside your application. If you have questions concerning your application, please submit it to our offices along with big bold text so we don't miss it, we receive a lot of information and we might easily skip over something that could assist us in improving our application.
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[size=120][b]Residential Output[/b][/size]
This is the output of the residents within your nation, and covers topics like individual recycling, how efficient are they with lighting and do they buy disposable or reusable products in stores.
[b]What is the population of your nation?[/b]
[b]Where do most people live in your nation? (Skyscrapers, hi-rises and etc)[/b]
[b]Where do most people put their trash? (Compost, recycling, garbage bags and etc)[/b]
[b]Do most people use disposable or long-lasting products?[/b]
[b]How many cars per person; what is the most common fuel source for a car?[/b]
[b]What type of lighting does an average person use; and how long a day do they use it for?[/b]
[b]What is most commonly used to heat a home?[/b]
[b]How efficient (energy-conserving) are your people with everyday tasks; what are some things your people do that is efficient?[/b]
[b]Do your people emphasize needs or wants more?[/b]
[b]How much water do your people use on an average day?[/b]
[b]Do your people actively help environmental causes like planting forests?[/b]
[size=120][b]Government/Corporate Output[/b][/size]
This is the output directly or indirectly caused by the government and corporations. It covers direct carbon topics like power, carbon offsets, banning diesel vehicles and indirect ones like fuel taxes, carbon credits and making corporations liable for their outputs economically.
[b]Largest producer of energy? (Solar, Coal and etc) [/b]
[b]Does your nation utilize carbon capture and storing or direct air capture?[/b]
[b]Does your government encourage carpooling, bicycling or public transit?[/b]
[b]How strictly does your government regulate industrial pollution/waste?[/b]
[b]How does your government dispose of it's waste/garbage?[/b]
[b]Does your government preserve forests; If so, what percent?[/b]
[b]How frequently is air travel used; what fuel do most of your planes use?[/b]
[b]Does your government utilize carbon credits; do they apply to corporations?[/b]
[b]Does your nation use ocean fertilization, bio-charcoal or enhanced weathering to mitigate carbon?[/b]
[b]Internationally, how active is your nation in environmental talks?[/b]
[b]Has your government made reforestation or afforestation attempts?[/b]
[b]How safely is hazardous material disposed of?[/b]
[b]On a scale of 1-10 (1 is least polluted, 10 is toxic,) how polluted are your nation's water supplies?[/b]
[b]Have any fuel taxes or similar laws been enacted; if so, state all of them.[/b]
[b]How much mining is done by your nation?[/b]
[b]How strictly does your government regulate corporate pollution/waste?[/b]
[b]How much land is devoted to commercial use (%); how much land is devoted to urban/residential use (%); how much for industrial use(%)?[/b]
If parts of the question are separated by semi-colons, it's a two parted or three parted question. Please format your answer like so:
EG: What type of lighting does an average person use; and how long a day do they use it for? Fluorescent lighting; 6 hours a day on average
Here is where you can review your grade, what it means and how well you did against other nations. If you unsatisfied with your grade or have questions, be free to ask us to elaborate and answer them!
Negative Net Carbon Emissions (-1 000 000 to -1 thousands of metric tons of carbon annually)
Nations who have received this grade by the SCOI graders here in Syrania, the capital of Syleru, you are an environmental milestone. Your extreme devotion to the environment, and your efforts in capturing and storing carbon away from the atmosphere is offsetting the outputs of much dirtier nations abroad. Ecologically-friendly power sources are found in a plethora of locations, forests are preserved and planted in areas never previously forested and smog has never occurred in your nation for ages. Your people breathe clean air and tourists from all around gawk at a spectacle of species that live in cohesion with your environmental sanctity. Your water is filled with fish, aquatic plants and a variety of new species reintegrated into your nation's water due to it's pristine quality. You mine sustainably and will be one of the last, truly stable and prosperous nations on Earth, extending far after polluted empires have come and gone. Everything is recycled and made with exceptional quality and landfills are nearly empty, perhaps other nations will regard yours as a mentor to prevent humanity from collapsing upon itself. Overall, stupendous work.
Carbon Neutrality (0 thousands of metric tons of carbon annually)
Nations who have received this grade, although you don't technically help the world rid itself of carbon dioxide, you aren't polluting either, and in a post-industrial world, that is quite amazing by itself. Either through offsets or not polluting at all, your nation is almost as clean and pristine as one that produces negative net emissions. Forests are sustainably logged and reforested as much as possible and the only carbon that lingers in the air is balanced by techniques like direct air capture. Ecologically-friendly power sources outnumber gas and oil ones almost 100 to 1, and even then they are managed properly and are always sustainable. Virtually every object is recycled or reused and garbage in landfills are disposed of cleanly and efficiently. In the water and in the air, pollution is scarce and life is everywhere. Inside households they are the epitome of efficiency, heated by burned waste, powered by solar panels and insulated thoroughly. Amazing work, [nation name here], you should be proud.
Low Carbon Economy (About 1 to 20 000 thousands of metric tons of carbon annually)
Nations who have received this grade, pollution in your nation is very low, and contributes to less than 0.1% of the world's annual emissions, despite the fact that your nation still pollutes a low amount, it can be turned into a neutral or negative output with minimal effort on your part. Preserved forests are common and logging seldom occurs and is sustainably managed, green technologies prevent biomass, coal or oil pollution from emitting too much carbon. The average vehicle uses an alternative form of energy and your nation's waters and forested areas are still heavily populated with a variety of lifeforms. Recycling is heavily encouraged and very frequent in your nation, and absurd topics like capitalism and consumerism aren't heavily endorsed. Renewable energy still outnumbers non renewable energy by at least a factor of ten and all developments are cautious about environmental damages that could occur in the process. Households are efficient and employ little tricks to reduce pollution like solar panels on the roof or filtering light in instead of using less efficient lights. Great job, keep making attempts at reducing your pollution.
Post-Industrial Nation (About 20 000 to 200 000 thousands of metric tons of carbon annually)
Nations who receive this grade are about in the middle of an environmental utopia and a cataclysmic wasteland. They pollute between less than 0.1% to nearly 1% of the world's annual pollution. Nations in this category generally have pockets of preserved forests here and there, and logging is still managed fairly sustainably, nations of this category generally clear-cut. Smog, if present, is only above the largest industrial cities in the nation, and waters are polluted to a fair extent, and it shows with the lesser amounts of fish and aquatic plant-life living in the depths. Vehicles are generally hybrids of gasoline and electricity, with some investments in renewable energy sources being put into place. Power is still mainly generated from renewable sources, although in older cities you can still see plumes of burned gas in the air from power plants. Recycling is endorsed but isn't required in all products, but citizens are still wary about it and the rest of the environment and still are fairly conservative about it. Corporations generally enjoy fair amounts of attention and are still fairly large in your nation, but it will never rise to a point of a consumerist nation. Households are usually not dirty or clean, using natural gas to heat and fluorescent or halogen lighting. Your nation is satisfactory, try developing efficient ecologically friendly technologies wherever you can.
Environmentally Apathetic Nation (About 200 000 to 8 000 000 thousands of metric tons of carbon annually)
Nations who receive this rank generally don't care much about the environment, and they generally don't care because they don't want to lose profit, or happiness from their consumerist lifestyle. They generally pollute somewhere from 1% to 30% of the world's annual emissions. Trees are generally unseen in all but the most enduring and largest forests, or lands not yet settled much, and only minuscule amounts of uncut land is preserved as a national park or regional park. Your waters are filled with the by products of all the waste your nation produces, and aquatic life is dying out because of it. Smog is common over large cities, and only towns and smaller settlements are free from the most of it. Vehicles are generally gasoline and enjoy the luxuries of low gas prices, hybrids are heard of but are uncommon as they're expensive and don't satisfy the 'wants' of the people. Power mainly consists of hydroelectric and fossil fuel power sources, with limited solar and wind grids wherever gas and oil ones can't be placed. Recycling only occurs in the most obvious and needed things, like plastic or metal cans, and the government doesn't really endorse it all that much. Greedy corporations are highly common in your capitalist nation and are placed in many areas around your country, and receive a lot of money and attention from your people. Households are cheap and efficiency is dubious at best, mostly heated by natural gas and filled with power-sucking appliances not really needed. Unless you want to face environmental consequences in the near future, we'd recommend at least TRYING to care for the environment.
Polluted Wasteland (About 8 000 000 to 30 000 000+ thousands of metric tons of carbon annually)
It is already too late for nations who have received this grade, your environment is wrecked beyond repair and unless extreme attempts are made, your nation will soon be inhospitable. You pollute around 5% to over 100% of all the other countries combined in this world's annual emissions. Trees still alive in your nation are on their last limb, and forested areas are extremely rare if still found. National parks are non-existent, excluding artificial ones. Your nation's waters are choked by waste and sewage and life in the depths below is almost infeasible. Smog and air pollution are everywhere, and toxic gas masks must be distributed if citizens wish to spend the day outside. Vehicles are large, powered by diesel or otherwise and focus on aesthetics over efficiency. Power is virtually all fossil fuel, with some lifeless hydroelectric dams here and there, operating inefficiently with all the sewage clogging them up. Recycling is basically non-existent, and landfills tower tall over some hi-rises in your nation, drawing flocks of still surviving pigeons and seagulls. Corporations essentially rule your neo-capitalist nation, and your 'government' is somehow clinging through all of it to still hold on to power. Households are build en masse, cheap and getting the job done with the most inefficient and dirty of technologies. Your nation's state is terrible, we here in Syleru pray that somehow a miracle may occur to save your sorry asses.
Undefined (Exceeding amounts of carbon ranging from quintillion to above octillion tons of carbon annually.)
The only definition we at SCOI can give this is pure fear. Anyone in this category could strip Earth of it's resources in days and render it inhospitable. Be thankful none of these exist near or far from Earth, all nations or empires in this category must be at least a Type 2 civilization on the Kardashev scale. If you receive this, please have mercy on us on Earth.
Once again, thank you for filling it out. Remember, all questions will be answered to the extent of our ability, and we hope that your nation is clean and non-polluting as ours. Goodbye. Also, as a recently added disclaimer, these ratings are most accurate for civilizations in the PMT, MT or PT timeframe. Nations that have achieved FT and/or FanT tech are more likely to receive an inaccurate grading.
