hoowwwaah,
last weekend passed away quite uneventfully for the world, but not for me; in that i saw the movie "An Inconvenient Truth' by 'Al Bore' (remember?, i'm trying to be funny). it was eventful in the sense that it strengthened my whole perspective abt global warming. i always knew that global warming was real (not like those pesky bast$#*s in suits and tux constituting the oil, coal, automobile and etc industries).
as a movie (read documentary, coz the word is lengthy), it was 80% well crafted and 20% al gore propaganda (but for those who want to blame, you can tell that knife is an evil invention coz it can be used to kill people). throughout the movie me and ma frnd ajay, was tossing and debating some of the points of Gore. i wud like 2 bring some of them (those that I remember) here.
1. The developing nations like China & India should immediately cut down on green house gases.
wat the fuk man! the Unc Sam and Co was and still is contributing significantly and u want us to stop (i'm frm India). after gr8 years of oppression we were just starting up and u tell us to stop. go to hell. it's not going to happen (actually i want it to happen, but ma govts and the people won't let it happen). so wat we wanna have is a universal policy on the matter. if we hav to cut down all others in the world shud cut down on the same scale.
2. The kind of cut down on CO2 can be universal.
not in a million years. each culture uses its own unique methods of producing gases. for the US it might be oil but for china it might be coal and for India, God only knows wat!!! recently i read an article in newspaper that in India, the energy from coal that is utilized when lighting an incandescent bulb was just 2.4%. But for florescent bulb it was 17% or nearby. there it is. u got it. This might not be a gr8 thing in the US where a hell lot of households are already using florescent lamps. also we have a tremendous transmission loss ( i believe above 20% or so) which is unheard in the US. so by decreasing the transmission loss and depending less on incandescent bulbs India can effectively reduce (i donnno how much) it CO2 output. But US need to look for other ways. Let them make fuel efficient cars like the Japs or drive electric and hydrogen-fuel cell cars (they are quite expensive for the average Indian but affordable for the americans). Similarly all the countries should develop such cheap means of transition to an eco-friendly way of life. Remember how we did away with CFC (it was bcoz the transition to alternative was cheap).
3. So what abt all the pollution that the developed world put on earth b4 the developing world caught up with?
The contribution by the Western world in the past decades cannot be ignored. The developing world was only following them when the condition became serious. So the moral responsibly of the developed world in reducing their output of green house gases cannot be taken lightly. The developed world is the one who can still guide the developing nations. like the insistence on bio-vegetables u can insist on bio-products in other sectors too.
4. Some measures relevant all over the World.
i read that in some cities in Europe, they have no-motor-vehicle days and toll on entering city limits. thats a good example to follow. in the heavily populated and polluted cities, we can have city centers were only public mass transit system is permitted. in less populated and smaller areas we can have no motor-vehicle areas. impose extra on private vehicles entering city limits, improve the mass transit systems, parks, trees and such, good roads etc. with stress on the Indian cities, if there are adequate and punctual mass transit facilities, I'm sure that the number of vehicles entering the city will definitely reduce. i don't know wat to do with the coal industry and the power generation sector. reducing the transmission loss and using efficient machinery at houses and industries will definitely make a difference.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle mantra is very effective. The Indians have been doing it for a very long time and the western world have been mocking it since. Ever remeber our mothers using jam, horlicks, complan bottles for storing spices and pickles and such? plastic bags used for growing plants... thats really impressive. think abt other similar acts by which we can contribute to a better earth. i scrapped my decision to buy a motor-bike (i'm gr8).
AFTER ALL WE HAVE ONLY ONE EARTH TO LIVE IN
wow
{ that was me taking a gasp at seeing the length of the stuff i've written. i havn't written like this in 4-6 years. Thnx to blogging and thnx to kootharali adivasi. Abt kootharali, later!!! }
last weekend passed away quite uneventfully for the world, but not for me; in that i saw the movie "An Inconvenient Truth' by 'Al Bore' (remember?, i'm trying to be funny). it was eventful in the sense that it strengthened my whole perspective abt global warming. i always knew that global warming was real (not like those pesky bast$#*s in suits and tux constituting the oil, coal, automobile and etc industries).
as a movie (read documentary, coz the word is lengthy), it was 80% well crafted and 20% al gore propaganda (but for those who want to blame, you can tell that knife is an evil invention coz it can be used to kill people). throughout the movie me and ma frnd ajay, was tossing and debating some of the points of Gore. i wud like 2 bring some of them (those that I remember) here.
1. The developing nations like China & India should immediately cut down on green house gases.
wat the fuk man! the Unc Sam and Co was and still is contributing significantly and u want us to stop (i'm frm India). after gr8 years of oppression we were just starting up and u tell us to stop. go to hell. it's not going to happen (actually i want it to happen, but ma govts and the people won't let it happen). so wat we wanna have is a universal policy on the matter. if we hav to cut down all others in the world shud cut down on the same scale.
2. The kind of cut down on CO2 can be universal.
not in a million years. each culture uses its own unique methods of producing gases. for the US it might be oil but for china it might be coal and for India, God only knows wat!!! recently i read an article in newspaper that in India, the energy from coal that is utilized when lighting an incandescent bulb was just 2.4%. But for florescent bulb it was 17% or nearby. there it is. u got it. This might not be a gr8 thing in the US where a hell lot of households are already using florescent lamps. also we have a tremendous transmission loss ( i believe above 20% or so) which is unheard in the US. so by decreasing the transmission loss and depending less on incandescent bulbs India can effectively reduce (i donnno how much) it CO2 output. But US need to look for other ways. Let them make fuel efficient cars like the Japs or drive electric and hydrogen-fuel cell cars (they are quite expensive for the average Indian but affordable for the americans). Similarly all the countries should develop such cheap means of transition to an eco-friendly way of life. Remember how we did away with CFC (it was bcoz the transition to alternative was cheap).
3. So what abt all the pollution that the developed world put on earth b4 the developing world caught up with?
The contribution by the Western world in the past decades cannot be ignored. The developing world was only following them when the condition became serious. So the moral responsibly of the developed world in reducing their output of green house gases cannot be taken lightly. The developed world is the one who can still guide the developing nations. like the insistence on bio-vegetables u can insist on bio-products in other sectors too.
4. Some measures relevant all over the World.
i read that in some cities in Europe, they have no-motor-vehicle days and toll on entering city limits. thats a good example to follow. in the heavily populated and polluted cities, we can have city centers were only public mass transit system is permitted. in less populated and smaller areas we can have no motor-vehicle areas. impose extra on private vehicles entering city limits, improve the mass transit systems, parks, trees and such, good roads etc. with stress on the Indian cities, if there are adequate and punctual mass transit facilities, I'm sure that the number of vehicles entering the city will definitely reduce. i don't know wat to do with the coal industry and the power generation sector. reducing the transmission loss and using efficient machinery at houses and industries will definitely make a difference.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle mantra is very effective. The Indians have been doing it for a very long time and the western world have been mocking it since. Ever remeber our mothers using jam, horlicks, complan bottles for storing spices and pickles and such? plastic bags used for growing plants... thats really impressive. think abt other similar acts by which we can contribute to a better earth. i scrapped my decision to buy a motor-bike (i'm gr8).
AFTER ALL WE HAVE ONLY ONE EARTH TO LIVE IN
wow
{ that was me taking a gasp at seeing the length of the stuff i've written. i havn't written like this in 4-6 years. Thnx to blogging and thnx to kootharali adivasi. Abt kootharali, later!!! }
