Is it worth saving energy if “everything is fine”?There are huge oil and gas reserves, large hydroelectric power plants and many nuclear reactors.Is it really not enough?It's enough, but you still need to save, because...
The International Day of Energy Saving was established relatively recently, November 11, 2008. The initiator of the holiday was the environmental network "School project on the use of resources and energy".
It would seem that children have invented a holiday for themselves, let them have fun, adults don't care.In fact, the holiday was not invented by children, but by adults and responsible people who care about the fate of humanity and the planet.
Unfortunately, not all of us see the need to save energy, so it is very important that the initiator of the Energy Saving Day was a school project.If children understand why to save energy, in the future they will not have to convince adults of the importance of taking care of resources.
And yet - why?What does energy saving offer us?
1. Money
Everything is simple with money.We spend less energy and pay less.Perhaps someone will make a face of contempt: "Here, counting small numbers!"But this is only one of the advantages of energy saving.
2. Comfort
A significant portion of energy expenditure is spent on maintaining a comfortable temperature at home and in the office.In winter - for heating, in summer - for air conditioning.
A properly configured air conditioning system not only uses energy efficiently, but also maintains a comfortable “home climate”.In winter no one freezes, in summer no one languishes from suffocation.
3. Nature
The share of “green” renewable sources in global energy production is constantly increasing.But the volumes of “clean” energy will not soon reach those we get from burning gas, coal and petroleum products.
By burning hydrocarbons, we emit into the atmosphere a huge amount of substances harmful to all living things, from which not only we suffer, but also our animals, rivers, forests and lakes.
The less energy we use, the less dirt enters nature, the better our health, the more lush our forests and the cleaner our waters.More often our children will be able to see a rabbit, a stork or a roe deer not through the bars of a zoo, but on a path in the woods, outside the window of a train or a car.
4. Climate
Not a day goes by without the media reporting on a new hurricane, catastrophic heat wave, flood or drought.Scientists attribute this to global warming and associate it with the increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the planet's atmosphere.
One of the most potent pollutants of the atmosphere with carbon dioxide is energy.By reducing energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, we can stop negative climate processes.
Let the skeptics argue that nothing has really been proven, that it is possible that the increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases is not a cause, but a consequence of warming.Is this a reason to reject something that can harm our planet?Is it too dangerous to wait for reliable confirmation?Who will wait for them and who will need them if the point of no return is passed?Certainly not us and not us.
5. Economy and technology
The lower the energy costs for production, the lower its price, the greater the competitiveness of our goods, the more efficient the economy.
Efficient energy consumption stimulates scientific thinking and the development of modern technologies.Does anyone remember when American cars stopped pumping gas on the highways?After the first energy crisis in 1973.
The latest technologies guarantee technological leadership, make products even more competitive and increase the country's economic and military security.
6. Children
We all work, have fun, discuss politics and climb the career ladder.But we live for the sake of our children, right?
The less we consume the planet's resources, the more we will have left for our children and grandchildren.Isn't it worth saving energy just for this?