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In our common life action we are causing large amount of carbon dioxide in environment which would be great threat for our environment and echo system of the planet earth. Yes it is true that earth was a wild place to live but now all natural disasters are manageable to some extent. As the amount of carbon dioxide increases in our environment, the temperature of globe also increases because the structure and size molecules of carbon dioxide are suitable to absorb the solar radiations or heat.

 

 

From the morning to night carbon dioxide continuously added in environment by performing the actions of modern life. The major cause of increase in carbon dioxide is factories, vehicles and modern facilitation. Gradually we are consuming the resources of our planet to manufacture products and in return large amount of carbon dioxide added in environment. For example in the processes of manufacturing of four plastic bags one kilogram carbon dioxide would be added to environment. We can reduce this increase by using the cloth or jute bags to carry things instead of plastic bags. It is an estimate that round about twenty million plastic bags is used in one day in Mumbai India. In India the waste plastic bags are used to build roads on experimental basis and such experiments are very successful. At first step different quality plastic bags are separated and after separation these bags are crushed, after crushing the crush processed through a chemical processes and finally it is added in road building material in particular ratio. In India there are four roads are built on experimental basis. If half of roads in India built through such process then India would get rid of plastic bag garbage.

In driving a car, against the consumption of one liter petrol two kilogram carbon dioxide released and it would be a large figure if a city contains five to ten millions vehicles. Air traffic also another cause of carbon pollution. The rickshaws on road are continuously polluting our environment by adding carbon dioxide. Now an engineering firm in India has introduced a vehicle named solicshaw which is like a cycle rickshaw with electric batteries. These batteries are charged in five hours and would work for eight hours and the major benefit is that no carbon dioxide releases in the whole processes. I think governments have to promote such invention to promote green vehicles.

Now the question is that how one can deal with this problem at individual level. It is simple. Use public transport like buses instead of using cars. If you are unable to do this permanently then do this for one or two days in a week. If you are working in an office then you can plan car pooling with your colleagues or friends. Try to use less electricity. Derive your car or motor bike at fifty kilometer per hour and switch it off at red traffic signal. It would help your to save three percent of fuel consumed in one month. Do not travel for official meeting regarding your office. Instead of traveling use video conferencing because it would reduce the carbon foot prints on you behalf.

Increase of carbon or carbon dioxide is our collective problem and we have to consider it seriously and have to do our serious efforts to handle this problem so that we could enable to provide healthy and natural environment to the next generations.

 

 
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