Climate Change
Throughout the only remaining century the consumption of
non-renewable energy sources like coal and oil has expanded the centralization
of environmental carbon dioxide (CO2). This happens in light of the fact that
the coal or oil consuming procedure consolidates carbon with oxygen noticeable
all around to make CO2. To a lesser degree, the clearing of land for
agribusiness, industry, and other human activities has expanded convergences of
ozone depleting substances causing the greenhouse effects.
The outcomes of changing the characteristic environmental greenhouse
effect are hard to anticipate, yet certain impacts appear to be likely:
By and large, Earth will wind up hotter. A few districts on Earth
may invite hotter temperatures, yet others may not.
Hotter conditions will presumably prompt more vanishing and
precipitation generally speaking, however singular areas will fluctuate, some
getting to be wetter such as flooding and others dryer becoming a desert land.
A more grounded greenhouse impact will warm the seas and
mostly liquefy icy masses and
other ice, expanding ocean level. Sea water
additionally will grow on the off chance that it warms, contributing further to
ocean level ascent.
In the interim, a few yields of agriculture and different
plants may react positively to expanded barometrical CO2, developing all the
more enthusiastically and utilizing water all the more effectively.
Simultaneously, higher temperatures and moving atmosphere examples may change
the territories where yields develop best and influence the cosmetics of common
plant networks in their own communities.
In its Fifth Assessment Report, the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change, a gathering of 1,300 free logical scientific specialists
from nations everywhere throughout the world under the protection of the United
Nations, finished up there's an in excess of 95 percent likelihood that human activities
in the course of recent years have warmed our planet.
The industries today that our cutting-edge human progress
relies on, have raised barometrical carbon dioxide levels from 280 parts per every million to 400 parts per each million over the most recent 150 years. The
board likewise finished up there's a superior chance than 95 percent likelihood
that human-created ozone depleting substances, for example, carbon dioxide,
methane and nitrous oxide have caused a significant part of the watched
increment in Earth's temperatures in the course of recent years.
As a whole society we need to take a different path
otherwise our future of our planet may be at risk. In the Ted
Talk by Alice Bows she discusses the implication of what would happen if we
do not change. Her theories are to change the way we do things as climate change
occurs to reduce a four-degree weather path for Earth. We need to reduce
emissions and decarbonize our energy system. We need to reduce energy demand
whether it be in nuclear power, carbon capture and storage, biofuel production
or rolling out wind turbines and wave turbines to be focus more on energy
efficient. We need to implement energy policy in countries that uses higher
energy than those that might be conserving energy already such as lower emissions
and reducing energy consumption per capita.
To reduce our carbon footprint, we can do the following
things:
1.
Become carbon neutrality by producing products
that are generated through renewable energy projects and more energy efficient
projects which bring developing countries to reduce greenhouse effect within the
world.
2.
Invest in carbon reduction projects creating a
carbon neutral environment which benefits biodiversity, education, jobs, food
security and clean drinking water in developing countries.
3.
Increase more policies in developing countries
to reduce carbon footprint assisting with energy savings plan, reducing climate
changes, and increasing organizations sustainability programs.
4.
Plant trees and avoid deforestation programs which
are business that supports them. Look
for logos that supports sustainability in the rainforest and other forest.
Look for products that has FSC certification on them.
5.
Engage in learning and train people about
sustainable goals, products, services and business models.
My own calculation
of my carbon footprint is as follow:
Electricity = 867 kWh at a factor of 0.2505 kgCO2e/kWh
Natural Gas = 557 therms
Propane = 3 US gallons
Total House Footprint = 0.65 metric tons of CO2e
Total car footprint = 0.15 metric tons of CO2e
What I want to achieve is:
Electricity = 400 kWh at a factor of 0.2505 kgCO2e/kWh
Natural Gas = 200 therms
Propane = 1 US gallons
Total House Footprint = 0.24 metric tons of CO2e
Total car footprint = 0.07 metric tons of CO2e
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