Energy Conservation

Global Warming

The world 's energy requirement has seen extraordinary change in the last century . The fossil fuels like coal and petroleum have become the main source behind the speedy world growth . Its not only the factories and motor vehicles which are the main reason behind the heavy consumption of these fuels but also the power stations like the thermal power stations which requires very large quantity of these carbon based fuels to produce electricity for the consumption of common public . Between the period 1999 and 2020 , World energy consumption is projected

to rise by 59 percent reaching 607 quadrillion British thermal units (BTUS . But the point of concern is not this increase in demand . It 's the world 's dependence on fossil fuel which is the point of concern . The world gets most of its energy from nonrenewable energy sources , which include the fossil fuels--oil , natural gas , and coal . Another non renewable energy source is the element uranium , whose atoms are split through nuclear fission to create heat and ultimately electricity . These non renewable energy sources actually cause great environmental problems . The Green House effect has caused major change in the world 's climatic pattern The Kyoto Protocol agreement made under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC , countries that ratify this protocol should commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases . There have been many other attempts not only at the level of UN but also at national as well as district and town level to make people aware of these harmful gases as well as different power saving techniques . There is a need of tackling the above mentioned problems at micro level involving each and every town and locality . According to 40 House Project by University of Oxford , energy consumption in residential areas in UK can be reduced by 60 . The has focused primarily on demand-side influences on carbon emissions in residential areas with an explanation to make a comprehensive change in the same through government policy . Understanding the energy need of every household and extending the same to the whole town can help the policy makers in tackling energy related problems like consumption and carbon emission

The problem and Primary Solution

The use of fossil fuel for the purpose of satisfying the energy needs of the society and moving the wheel of development has caused great stress on resources and climatic condition of the world . Change in climatic condition is visible trough the rising trend in the global average temperature . The average temperature has risen by about 0 .6 ?C globally while Europe has seen the rise of the mean temperature by 0 .9 ?C . The concentration of Greenhouse gas including the CO2 is highest if the data of the last hundreds of thousands are taken into consideration and compared with that of last few years . It 's been the excessive use of energy resources for human activity has been the cause behind the emission of these gases...