Only yesterday I came across some statistics about carbon emission in California, US, and mentioned it in my blog. Now I have across in today’s newspaper, (The Hindu, Madurai, July 9, 2008) an interesting, emphatic article with more authentic data entitled, “The Challenge of Change” by Sudha Mahalingam, Member, National Security Advisory Board. It worries me and should worry everybody else. But the planners and policymakers are they paying any heed to all these?
A brief excerpt from the article:
“Currently, the world consumes about 83 million barrels of oil daily. International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that by 2030, this will go up to 116 mbd of which Asia alone will demand an additional 20 millions barrels of oil daily, thanks to its misplaced emphasis on private transport as the engine of economic growth.
If we persist in our current growth paradigm, our carbon emissions will go up by 500% in the next 25 years. Does it not, therefore, make sense to make transportation a thrust area when dealing with carbon emissions? What better timing than now, to decarbonise our transportation sector, when skyrocketing crude prices and ballooning subsidies give us the sorely needed excuse for drastic intervention?”
Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, July 9, 2008.
A brief excerpt from the article:
“Currently, the world consumes about 83 million barrels of oil daily. International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that by 2030, this will go up to 116 mbd of which Asia alone will demand an additional 20 millions barrels of oil daily, thanks to its misplaced emphasis on private transport as the engine of economic growth.
If we persist in our current growth paradigm, our carbon emissions will go up by 500% in the next 25 years. Does it not, therefore, make sense to make transportation a thrust area when dealing with carbon emissions? What better timing than now, to decarbonise our transportation sector, when skyrocketing crude prices and ballooning subsidies give us the sorely needed excuse for drastic intervention?”
Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, July 9, 2008.
For an article on "The King Review of low-carbon cars" from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Review
Grateful thanks to Ms Sudha Ramalingam, The Hindu and Wikipedia.
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