| There has been growing awareness about CO2 | | | | environment-friendly. |
| awareness for quite some time now. Though not a | | | | 2. Vehicle exhaust is a very important cause of rising |
| poisonous or inflammable gas, CO2 still poses some | | | | CO2 emissions in the atmosphere. The engines that |
| dangers to the environment and the whole of | | | | run on gas cause about one-fifth of the total carbon |
| humankind, especially in today's times. However, this | | | | dioxide emissions on earth. Checking the vehicles for |
| threat is mostly unwarranted, because it is actually | | | | their exhaust products, going for PUC checks |
| quite easy to check carbon dioxide emissions and | | | | regularly, maintaining the vehicle and replacing gas |
| keep this problem under control. Let us take a look | | | | fuels with more environment-friendly options are |
| at how we can do it. | | | | things we all can do at the individual level. |
| The increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the | | | | 3. We also need to plant more trees around our |
| atmosphere are definitely a matter of concern | | | | homes. Trees are natural absorbers of CO2; they |
| because of the following two reasons:- | | | | need this gas for preparing their food through |
| 1. Higher levels of CO2 in the environment increase | | | | photosynthesis. Even if the levels of CO2 begin to |
| the impact of the greenhouse effect, due to which | | | | rise in the environment, trees can absorb the gas and |
| the temperature of the earth rises to dangerous | | | | keep the situation under control. We must increase |
| levels. This is directly contributing to the global | | | | the green cover around our homes. |
| warming effect that the earth's experiencing today. | | | | There are things that need to be done at the state |
| 2. When the level of carbon dioxide increases in a | | | | and national level as well. This is what the authorities |
| closed area, it can replace the oxygen present within | | | | must look into. |
| the region. This could be dangerous-people living in | | | | 1. Factory exhaust, especially those that |
| such an area could die of asphyxiation. | | | | predominantly use coal, contribute to over 90% of |
| We can do several things to reduce the amount of | | | | the total CO2 emissions happening around us. |
| CO2 that's escaping into the environment. The | | | | Governments must insist that these factories use |
| following are some things that we can do at the | | | | nature-friendly options that don't release carbon |
| individual level. | | | | dioxide. |
| 1. We must stop using fossil fuels such as coal, | | | | 2. The governments must also maintain the green |
| petroleum, kerosene, etc. as much as possible. These | | | | cover of the areas that they control. The World |
| fossil fuels contain carbon as their main combustible | | | | Wildlife Fund suggests that every country must have |
| element, and when it is burnt, it gets oxidized to | | | | at least 33% (one-third) of its land covered with |
| form carbon dioxide. In most cases, such carbon | | | | forests. This must be implemented without fail. |
| dioxide emissions are directly allowed to go out into | | | | There are certainly ways in which we can improve |
| the atmosphere. There are many ways to stop this | | | | our planet by controlling carbon dioxide emissions that |
| emission. We could replace fossil fuels with other | | | | are happening around us. It is only needed to be |
| options such as solar energy, wind energy, tidal | | | | seen if we will take the call or will wake up when it's |
| energy and geothermal energy which are much more | | | | already too late. |