Thursday, February 25, 2010

EUROSTAR & GLOBAL WARMING


GLOBAL WARMING & EUROSTAR

Global warming is one of the big issues now days. Every country is putting their united efforts to reduce the effects of global warming.
With all these issues regarding greenhouse gases continuously piling up, alternative means of being able to assist people with regards to transportation and getting to the places they want, eurostar has been given the task of making an environmental stand as the new eco-express for people today. And eurostar had proved its commitment to reduce co2 gases. With its battle-cry of being carbon neutral and footprint free method of transport, Eurostar is expected to become a benchmark as far as finding alternative ways of transport today. The impact of rail travel between London and Paris or Brussels had always been at least 10 times lighter than the equivalent journey by plane, a traveller generating 11 kilograms of carbon dioxide compared with 122 by his or her counterpart on the plane. It is, the company says, the difference between enough CO2 to fill a Mini and the amount needed to fill a double-decker bus. But by making a raft of new changes across the business – from installing energy meters on all trains to tightening up on recycling and making “train capacity efficiencies” (filling every seat, in other words) – the operator is lightening its environment loads.

This is the perfect example from where we all can learn lesson. It is really sad to hear that developed countries were preventing to work against global warming. But now it becomes one of the biggest challenges to every country. Global warming becomes centre issues in all big summits or conferences throughout the world. It is good that now all countries are taking united pledge to reduce the global warming.

Friends, it is the needs of hour that we all human beings take pledge to reduce global warming. I am sure united efforts will bring change in the society and then only our planet earth will become safe place to live in.

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