One is related to the Hour of the Planet, a world event that is celebrated the last Saturday of March of every year and consists of a voluntary blackout. Both, companies and families join in the intention of making aware the society on the need of adopting measurements to face the climate change and the pollutant emission, as well as also to save energy and to diminish the light pollution.
Nevertheless, experts and information offered by a British electrical company ensure that this idea in practice might transport the opposite effects, since after the decrease of the consumption of electricity there is observed a drastic increase of the production of energy, in fact, it eliminates the supposed benefit of the initiative. Also, if the light was going out in all the houses of the Earth for one hour (what clearly does not happen), the losses would be comparable to stop the Chinese economy in 4 minutes, according to the Danish economist Bjorn Lomborg.
Nevertheless, the Spanish site of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) informed that this March 28th almost 10 000 cities of 172 countries turned off the lights of their principal monuments and emblematic buildings; a clear message of how many do worry for our Earth.
On the other hand was alluded the electricity production with wind turbines and the hybrid vehicles, alternatives for which many ecologists bet because replacing fossil fuels energy diminishes the greenhouse effect.
In the world have been installed over 15 000 wind parks, among which that of California is recognized like the biggest. The United States and China represent almost 50 % of the global wind capacity, and along with Germany, Spain and India constitute the first five countries in generation.
Among the hybrid cars the Toyota Prius, on the Japanese market in 1997, was the first one produced in series and it is the most sold of the world, with representation in 70 nations. Also work with this system trucks, ships, planes and trains, like for example the highway of high capacity constructed by a Canadian company to offer railroad service in France.
Such intentions cause, nevertheless, considerable damages to the environment, says Russia Today, and alleges that for their production is needed neodymium. This metal is extracted, as other metals of this type, especially in China, where the quantity of harmful gases liberated by the industry of rare grounds overcomes in 5 times the residues of the whole industry of the oil in the United States.
The planet is sending signs of alert constantly, and the man is paying the consequences, the most recent tragedy in Nepal shows it. Protect it is imperative, because these actions will contribute for the good of the humanity. Taking care of the future is in our hands.
Translated by BA in English Language, Manuel Barrera Téllez
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