Every action of yours right from switching on washing machine, electric stoves, radio sets, music systems, computers to using refrigerators add to global warming. How? See it yourself:
An air conditioner (2.5 tonne) used for an hour generates 3 kg of CO2. If you go without air conditioning for an hour a day, the release of 3×365= 1095 kg of CO2 into the atmosphere per year can be prevented
Using a microwave oven for an hour generates 1.3 kg of CO2. If you eat food without using microwave to heat just for an hour a week, you can stop the release of 1.3×52 = 67.6 kg of CO2 into the atmosphere per year.
Using a geyser for an hour generates 3.3 kg of CO2. If you can cut down the use of geyser by just an hour a day tou can stop the release of 3.3×365 = 1204.5 kg of CO2 into the atmosphere annually.
One dripping tap in the house wastes 13 litres of water in a single day. Therefore the wastage of water in a year = 13×365 = 4745 litres a year.
On an average a person who lets the tap run while brushing his teeth wastes about 7 litres of water. If 1.13 billion Indians (population as on March 2008) change this habit, we could save 1.13 x7 = 7.91 billion litres of water in just a day.
Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) use one third the electricity used by regular bulbs. If every family in India replaces regular light bulbs with CFLs, 10000 MW of power could be saved. Using less power means lower emission of greenhouse gases
Recycling paper uses 90% less water and 50% less energy than to manufacture new paper. It also produces 36% less CO2.
Using one litre petrol produces about 2.17 kg of CO2. Walking, carpooling or using public transport will save at least 2 litres of petrol a week. This will stop the release of 2.17×2x52 = 225.68 kg of CO2 into the atmosphere annually.
The estimated population of India as on March 2008 was 1.13 billion. If each person plants just one tree in his lifetime, we can eliminate 1.13 billion ton of CO2 from the atmosphere. One tree absorbs one ton of CO2 during his lifetime.
Your everyday actions have far reaching consequences. It determines whether life on Earth will flourish or perish. One thoughtful action or a simple change in your habit will go a long way in saving our planet.
Very informative post samiksha, thanks for sharing and spreading the awareness…
This is quite interesting………. Thanks for sharing.
Why to reduce emission better try not to emit harmfull gases in enviornment. Ask our Scientists for GREEN Products. Or stop using because finally we are creating hell on earth for our future generations.
Like See : today we have 100 CRORE POPULATION . We cant control population . It means if you gonna decrease per person usage still it is increasing overall because number of persons increasing day by day.
We need a GREEN TECHNOLOGY.
wow great but i m confused .. whether we need to stop using appliances or we should research on new products of same functionailty minus Harmfull Gas emission. i think scientists can do this and find a better alternative. so inspite of asking someone to minimize uses we need to motivate someone for new invention.
1. Automobiles >>> CO2 > we cant stop using it. But we can ask automobiles company to develop something better.
Someone told me once — dont think to go back it require more energy think about how you move ahead without doing any mistake.
Thanx for the info ,like you said a tree can absorb carbon dioxide making it a carbon sink.There is a market for carbon credit ie if you have an acre of land with a certain population of trees capable of absorbing a certain qty of co2,then you can sell the carbon credit on the market to someone setting up an industry(thus offsetting his emission).Hopefully this system will be introduced in our country in the near future.it is prevalent in most developed countries .
wow wonderful information!!!!thnx a million…
informative…………….nice…..post…
intresting………..
thats very informative…….a little effort from our side will save future of our children……lets nt just try but to make it a habbit……sumtimes knowingly or unknowingly we waste lot of things which can easily b saved….Hope readers will take this serisously….tc
good information,thanks for sharing
u know what samiksha…………….was thinking to make suuch a post………….and when finally read urs…………..was delighted………well would like to add smthing to this too……….can i give the link of this post in my next post??????????
and really helpful …..Being human……..in a simple ways a they say
really great thoughts Samiksha…thanks for sharing…you are an enlightened citizen of India…
suprb calculation, i have started trying to avoid using these things, now onwards.