Global Warming
If I knew the world was to end tomorrow, I would still plant a tree today.
The key to solving global warming has to be energy efficiency. We manufacture light bulbs, refrigerators and even buildings that use 80 percent less energy than conventional designs. And every kilowatt we do not use means less pollution. How to do it? Here are some solutions:
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The motion sensor lighting can reduce average power consumption by 33%.
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The computers consume up to 70% less electricity when turned off instead of using a screen saver.
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Suggest electricity supply contract with companies that provide electricity from renewable sources.
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Change the light, replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light buld will save 150 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
APPROXIMATELY 41% of total
Increasing energy efficiency
The best hybrids already in use reduce the pollution causing global warming and consume 50 percent less fuel than conventional vehicles. Each year new more efficient hybrid ever designed and its batteries are cheaper. Very soon we will have our reach hybrid that can travel 30 to 40 miles on electricity before requiring gasoline. We can reduce our thirst for oil even if we encourage construction companies to design communities that allow us to walk instead of using our cars. How to do it? Here are some solutions:
• Drive less: Walk, bike, carpool or take mass transit more often. You'll save one pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you do not drive
• Anyone who commutes to work on average burning 1287 liters of gasoline annually creating a cloud of 3.4 tons of CO2
• If only one million people replaced the car for the bike in a distance of 8 miles once a week , could reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 100,000 tons per year.
• Share the ride with other people and reduce that number by half.
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Make better cars
Renewable energy is advantageous for companies competitive cost issue and is ready to serve a large segment of the country's energy needs. Each year the energy provided by the wind (wind) increases by 30 percent, which makes the supply option with the highest growth in the United States. And biofuels, such as ethanol made ​​from corn, wild grasses and corn stalks, can meet a growing fraction of our fuel needs. By 2050, renewable energy and biofuels could provide a large portion of our energy needs.
APPROXIMATELY 19% of total reductions.
Go to renewable energy and biofuels
Scientists believe that we could be near the point of no return for the pollution that causes global warming. Most experts agree that carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere should be kept below the limit of 450 parts per million, a level that could be overcome in the coming decades. If we exceed that level, face the danger that the impact is severe and irreversible.
The solution to global warming is a major challenge. Can it be achieved? Of course! With ingenuity and political will we can reduce the pollution that causes global warming by 60 percent by 2050. Four strategies that together can achieve the goal while there is no magic solution, there are:
Remove carbon from fossil fuels.
Among fossil fuels, coal is the one with higher carbon content. The reduction in coal use through energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies is the key solution to global warming. However, the fact is that in the years probably hundreds of power plants based on coal are built worldwide. We must insist that these new plants using innovative technology to remove and store carbon safely.
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Strategies to follow to solve the problem of global warming
Plant trees in your backyard.
Increased demand for land to live and cultivation is forcing to cut down forests. Plants are our well wishers which take the harmful carbon dioxide and liberate useful oxygen. Thus, reduction in the number of plants is increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increasing the temperature of the environment. To prevent this consider planting a tree in your backyard. Areas with less number of trees have at least five to ten degrees of more temperature than those with plenty of trees. If the temperature is less then use of electronic appliances such as air conditioners also reduces. This in turn saves power, reduces emission of carbon compounds and on the whole saves your pocket.
Educate children
It is the responsibility of every parent, teacher and school to enlighten younger generation about the hazardous effects of global warming. They should be encouraged to practice effective global warming solutions right from childhood. Schools should conduct various competitions with the theme of global warming so as to encourage children in gathering related information. This also gives an opportunity for the growing minds to invent new ways to combat global warming. Parents should also practice global warming solutions in daily life and be role models for the children.
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