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Figure 7 is a stacked bar chart, which shows how the CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas emissions per person differ for ten groups according to household income; from the group whose members have the lowest 10% to the group with the highest 10% of UK household incomes. Each bar also shows how the total emissions for that group break down into emissions from domestic energy and housing; food production and consumption; purchase and use of consumable goods; use of private services such as banking; and transport. The emissions arising from an individual’s use of public services is omitted. The chart has an arrow above the stacked bars that shows the strong upward trend in this analysis; namely that the higher an individual’s household income, in general the higher their carbon footprint is likely to be.