Earth Hour

Yesterday between 8pm-9pm all around many countries participated in Earth Hour. This Earth Hour is an initiative  to protect  our Earth from global warming.  I may sound a  crazy man to all you guys as I speak and post much towards environment.  It may be  a little same kind of stuff to you. But believe me, if there was awareness about our environment then I wouldn’t have written such post. And yes I am a crazy person.

So what was done during this Earth Hour?? There was a simple thing done. The countries which participated turned there lights off between 8pm-9pm according to their countries standard time. This really must have saved a lot of energy. Imagine what if this is done every week or may be everyday. Of course you don’t  need to do this in that hour. You can do it according to your convenience.

Turn off everything for 1 hour. Those who were unable to switch their lights off were told to switch off the machines instead of keeping in standby. Keeping machines in standby is useless. I’ve seen in many offices that the PC’s are left standby for hours. Workers come and turned PC on during morning or the time day enter the office and turned it off when they live. They don’t bother if they are using it or not. They just don’t like to sit in front of switched off machine. That’s ridiculous. If all the power from stand by machines is combined it is a considerable amount of energy.

I may be talking nonsense. But it’s a request that don’t take our environment and this global warming as a nonsense.

Visit Earth Hour web page for some more details. Google also took a part in this event and turned its page black. Check here about this. There were many countries and their cities who participated. Just visit the Earth Hour website that info. Just want you guys to make a visit there.

Save Environment.. 

Global Warming

Well I’ve said something about this in two posts earlier. Do you want proof that it’s really happening?? Then here it is.

Now that you believe, please try and attempt to stop it.

But it Rained

For last 2-3 days its raining here. Its pretty strange because it is supposed to be end of May and in the month of June. Rains start around that time. Pretty much for sure its due to the global warming. For the last 3-4 years I’ve seen strange climatic changes.

Rains are not coming at normal. When rains come they are very heavy. Everything gets affected by them. Though rains doesn’t last for the interval they should, they complete the average rainfall here. Hence we face the October heat which is difficult to bare.

Then the winter is very cold. Last month it broke the minimum temperature record. I experienced the coldest day in my life. The dew is affecting cashew and mango plantation which are very important. This wasn’t like this.

Summer is hot. Very hot to be precise. You cannot feel the fans at high speeds. AC’s are good in office and house, but once you are out then you’ll be unable to bare the thing outside. So better to be with fans. Afternoons are very hot. Don’t get out at that time.

So why this is happening?? As i said due to Global Warming. High use of fossil fuels and hydrocarbons is creating Greenhouse effect. Its strange that the Global Warming may lead to harsh winters and something like ice age. But not ice age. Or may be. I’m not sure. There is a good article on this topic here.
Will global warming lead to an ‘ice age’
If you have patience to read then read it. A nice article. If its going to be an ice age be prepared. I’m ready for a snowfall here 😀

But guys we need to really think about this. For last few years Tsunamis, tornado’s, Earthquakes, cyclones, floods have increased and are taking thousands of lives. This is due to Global Warming. So what can you do to prevent it. Not something which is very hard to do.

1) Stop using plastics. Or use it reduce its usage. Alternatively don’t forget the Carry Bag.
2) Use Environment friendly fuel. Unleaded petrol, diesel, CNG, Solar power.
3) If possible use a bus or train as much as you can. This will save some money for you also.
4) And follow three R’s

3 r's

5) Don’t keep the lights, AC’s On when not in use.
6) Use daylight as much as you can. Consult a good Architect before planning a house.
7) Remember energy you save can be used elsewhere. The use of fossils to produce energy will reduce.

There may be much more, but I think these are very simple things. if you are reading this line means you probably read the whole post. Thanks for reading and now try to follow. Make it a better place to live.

Think Nonsense…