Actions to Preserve the Environment

Cars consume a lot of energy before they ever make it to the road. Automotive production leaves a giant footprint because materials like steel, rubber, glass, plastics, paints, and many more must be created before a new ride is ready to go. Similarly, the end of a car’s life doesn’t mark the end of its environmental impact. Plastics, toxic battery acids, and other products may stay in the environment. Fortunately junkyards are slowly decreasing in size over time. About three-quarters of today’s average car, including most of a steel frame, can be recycled. Production, recycling, and disposal costs to the environment are difficult to quantify and largely beyond the control of most consumers. Most of an automobile's impact (80-90%) will be due to fuel consumption and emissions of air pollution and greenhouse gases that climate scientists say are driving global warming. 

The planet has warmed around 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the late 1800s (and is tied for the hottest year on record), when the spread of industrialization led to rising emissions of greenhouse gasses. Since 1980, warming has averaged about 0.32 degrees Fahrenheit per decade. According to climate scientists, the world is seeing an increase in heat waves, storms and other extreme weather as the planet warms, and in disasters like droughts, floods and wildfires that result. Last year offered no respite, with record fires in Australia and California, and severe drought in central South America and the American Southwest. Some forecasters had thought that the arrival of cooler sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean — part of the recurring global climate phenomenon called La Niña — would lower temperatures this year. Clearly La Nina was overshadowed by the rise in temperatures throughout the year. La Niña only emerged in September, and is expected to continue at least through winte...

In 2020 there was a whopping ten percent decline in emissions. However that isn’t a cause for celebration as 2021 is set to become a rebound year. The reason for this decline is the COVID-19 pandemic as he combined drop in driving and air travel helped produce a drop of 273 million metric tons in transportation emissions, the most recorded by any economic sector in the United States last year.  The nearly 15% decline marked a sharp reversal from previous years, which have seen transportation emissions edged upward to overtake the power sector as America’s leading source of greenhouse gas emissions. The US committed to a 26-28 percent drop in emissions by 2025 with the Paris Agreement. President Trump had pulled America from the Agreement but President elect Joe Biden is expected to rejoin. This along with the pandemic will help limit the use of greenhouse gasses.  In order to combat the emission issue it is important that the Government invests in public transportation, bike...

  Rain water harvesting can come in handy whether you need it for the garden or anything else. It is very easy to use and on top of that it is free. Even though the barrel costs money it will save you a lot of money off your water bill in the long run. As mentioned in previous blogs rainwater harvesting comes with a multitude of benefits. Some of them are that it prevents runoff, its cheap and easy to use, it conserves water and prevents wastage, and it saves money. It can store up to 50-60 gallons of water that can be used in the garden when watering plants and for other household use. Although it comes with a filter it is not advised to use it as drinking water as there could be dirt and other sediment.  As of recently I have set up a website where you can get a water barrel for your house. It comes with an installation guide, and can be installed by us if you are in the Plano area. To buy one now visit waterforwater.net today.

Water for Water We need water to not only survive, but to do other things such as showering, swimming, and many other water related actions. In some places around the world water is very scarce, and some people don’t have access to clean water. In other places around the world water is used irresponsibly because much of it is getting wasted after being used for display and other unnecessary ways.  I am proposing an idea in which water will be easily collectible and clean for the use of people in their daily lives. It will filter out all pollutants, and be able to keep out stray objects from entering. In order to test out the product first the buyer will be supplied with a hose to test it out on their garden. In the design of the tank it will be in the shape of a barrel with a filter at the top that will be able to withstand stray objects’ impact.  There is also an environmental benefit for rainwater harvesting. Firstly rainwater harvesting prevents runoff pollution because les...

Simple Ways to Preserve the Environment There are many ways in which we can help the environment from our homes. Many people think that they have to plant trees and go outdoors to preserve the environment, but there are many simple ways to do so in our everyday lives.  First of all we can start using reusable bags - plastic grocery bags that get thrown out end up in landfills or in other parts of the environment. These can suffocate animals who get stuck in them or may mistake them for food. It also takes a while for the bags to decompose. Whether you are shopping for food, clothes or books, use a reusable bag. This cuts down on trash and prevents animals from getting a hold of them.    Recycling is such a simple thing to do, but so many people don’t do it. Ways to recycle are to look for recycling cans near trash cans. Instead of throwing recyclables in the trash with your non-recyclables, make a point to take an extra step to locate recyclin...

Effect of Coronavirus on the Environment The pandemic in the world due to coronavirus has affected people’s health and taken away many lives. Due to COVID-19 our whole country is stuck, As a result of this fewer people are on the road and on the move. COVID-19 resulted in a scare to the whole world and has drastically changed the world we live in. It will also change the environment greatly due to the fact that many people aren’t using cars as much as they used to, and many factories are also shut down reducing the pollution and bad emissions in the air. In a way this pandemic has been a blessing in disguise for the environment because it gets a chance to replace a lot of carbon dioxide in the air while less of it is produced.  Even though this pandemic is positive for the environment in some ways it also can create problems. Due to more people staying home, more fossil fuels will be used causing a reduction in the availability of resources for the future generations. This ...