Yes.. am reactivating my blogging skills once again.. not that I had any.. but I did create this account long back but hardly posted anything !!!some of my friends have been actively blogging thus motivating me to do the same :)I guess once u start.. blogging just is addictive !!
well I started this blog to post all my mindless , non productive gossip.. all that I feel , bitch about someone who doesn’t even matter to me in any way .. and stuff like that.but if I have to start with some topic.. I would rather choose a subject very close to my heart.. something which will be of concern to everybody in a few yrs time.. !!!don’t know if u have guessed it..well.. its Global Warming.. believe it or not.. It’s happening. and it’s affecting each one of us.. in a very big way !
I m not even getting into the technicalities and precautions and care that we should take .. coz I think the info is available in plenty and most of us know about it at the back of our minds. Some of us even take care of certain things.. but yet the initiative is minimal and by a select few !! This phenomenon is happening on a huge scale and care taken by a select percentage will hardly matter but well .. what bothers me is the attitude that of the Govt of India.. there are no policies in place to take care of this huge phenomenon and we are facing the heat of it already (Pun intended)
I have thought about it and I feel absolutely helpless that the Govt can’t take some simple measures to insure people minimize the use of petrol and plastics .
simple rules like
1- plastic is not free.. at least not the rate at which people throw it or use it or get it free with those loads of shopping that is done in super markets or local sabziwala.We are paying a huge price for it !!why is plastic bag given free in the first place.
even the shopkeepers provide plastic bags as if they are earning a commission by getting rid of those bags !!let people realize the value of it when they go to a sabziwala and bring their own bag or shell out a nominal amount of 10 Rs per bag. only the genuine ones who don’t have anything will pay for it. The remaining would carry something from their homes in order to avoid spending 10 rs for a 5 rs shopping !!let the money earned in this process be used for something !isn’t it such a cost effective yet a strong policy that will take care of millions of plastic bags thrown in bins everyday !
2- coming back to Fuel .. the rates keep toggling between expensive to very expensive.Yet there are loads of people who continue to use it even when its verrry expensive. What about those who use it when they can commute through alternate means.. obviously which is eco friendly .there are loads of people who use their cars for commuting .. does it even occur to them how much fuel they are burning. Instead cant they car pool ?taking 4 more co-travelers with u reduces the carbon emission by 4 times !!!isn’t that a good number by not having to even compromise on your car travel ?there is car pooling available even in Mumbai.. but wonder how many people know about it. .and worst how many use it !if Govt makes some policy where in people traveling single will be fined.. automatically people will start taking such things more seriously .the Govt also has to make sure that there is good public transport available for the upper middle class who wouldn’t otherwise prefer travelling in crowded buses and trains.. by paying a slightly higher price . Lighter on pockets too and the Govt also makes money.
Who is losing anything anyways !!Well i think this is the simplest i can think of without having to give up anything. Its just a matter of altering yourselves
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