Well I dint give a shit to all those people who were crying wolf over Global warming some months back and asking India n China to take strict measures to cut back GHG emissions.

But after interacting a lot of people, I realised dat I was wrong. Not only we are sticking to age old technologies in the name of capital saving but our personal conduct in general has also been far from the desired level in this reference.

In industrial sector, we have given a lot of relaxation in environmental norms( even if we have framed norms den execution part has not been upto the mark) . The proof is shifting of many mfg set ups from Europe n US( where such norms are very stringent ) to India . Agreed dat labour cost is less in our countries but environmental norms given a lot of incentives to many cos.

Many of our own cos are still using age olg technologies which make more noises, use more fuel n emit more of smokes etc. n these people have been let off coz of vsarious loopholes in our system.One living proof is the amount of lubricants we use compared to other countries.

Coming to individuals, I think we can contribute a lot in dis direction. Other day I was attending rain dance.  A lot of arrangements were made. It was gud to see so many people enjoying the music n artificial rain but the annoying thing was dat at dat time natual rain was also taking place n it was such a waste of water.

We can reduce wastege of papers by working on soft copies n I m fed up wid d people who always ask for the hard copies. I mean its more convenient to use soft copies but m finding very difficult to convince people to minimise printing.

I ve seen a lot of people driving n it will have a big inpact if de adopt simple things. Excessive use of clitches, accelerating n useless braking can be avoided. Maintaining tyre pressures and proper maintenance of engines will not only reduce pollution but also increase the m/c's life.

Again improper use of AC is rampant.People will smoke in air conditioned spaces n open a small vent or put on exhaust fans to pre empt the objections of other people. Another inefficiency.

Govt can improve public transport so dat usage of personal vehicals can be reduced.

I dunt say dat we shd go bak to stone age or even medieval age to reduce out carbon footprints but we shd adopt better( more efficient) technologies and use dem judiciously.