How to reduce Air Pollution?—Chapter 1 (Vehicular Air Pollution)

How to reduce Air Pollution?—Chapter 1 (Vehicular Air Pollution)

One of the major constituents of air pollution is vehicular pollution; in this article, we will talk about how to decrease motor vehicle pollution. Following is the list of several ways in my opinion-

1—Ban the sale of new vehicles running on petrol and diesel-

 As far as vehicles running on CNG are concerned, let's keep in mind that there was no pollution caused by obtaining CNG. Furthermore, vehicles running on electricity should be promoted only on the condition that the electricity used to run them is generated not by burning coal but by other means that do not cause any pollution.

This ban is hard to implement, and those against it may say that it will lead to loss of employment and revenue for the government, but let's compare this loss to a decrease in quality of life, deaths caused due to toxic air, hospitalizations caused due to this.

2-Hefty Fines-

The second way is collecting hefty fines from those who pollute the air by driving vehicles that emit polluted air. Let's make PUC-cleared vehicles only run on roads, and those involved in obtaining and issuing PUC via bribes should be fined and jailed.

3-Promoting public transport, car pooling-

This will work wonders. This is because when you take your car somewhere, only one person reaches the destination, whereas, in the case of carpooling(3-4 persons in a car) or a bus, many reach the destination.

4-Promoting bicycle use-

Distance in 10kms range should be covered on a bicycle. This will keep one physically fit, reduce transport costs, and not cause any direct air pollution.

 5-Walk to rock-

Those who like to take an auto to go anywhere nearby, BEWARE. Stop doing that. Rather go by walk. Walking is good for the heart, burns calories produce happy hormones in the body, and saves money.

6-Make odd-even mandatory  24*7-

Why does it come into the limelight when pollution levels go up? Why can't we keep it mandatory 24*7? Authorities, Are you listening? Also, a little inconvenience is fine when it comes to your health and long-term well-being.

7-Tax Ultra-Rich-

Government should tax the ultra-rich to invest in public transport.

 

Recommendation-Government with citizens’ support can make it possible.

 Email your queries at-lifecoachingwithvishal@gmail.com

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Why explore life on other planets when life on earth is at risk?

I have read many articles on space, people’s enthusiasm to know more about other planets, whether life exists there or not. Just finding water there or able to grow vegetables makes us very happy. But stop, can’t we do much more than growing vegetables on planet earth? For sure, there will be more discoveries in future such as growing more crops, build houses and many more but it will take time and will ask for huge investments. Are we ready for that? The answer is no, we are not. We are already facing end number of problems such as climate change, global warming, war like situations, income disparities, etc. on planet earth and on top of that COVID steals the show and who knows this is just the beginning of many more pandemics in future. Shouldn’t we solve these problems first? But no, who cares, funds and powers are highly concentrated in the hands of few who give a damn shit to all that we are concerned with in this article. They are more interested in booking their house or visit t...
Read more
Reduce your screen  time. This is something really difficult in today’s tech-driven world and even more difficult if your work profile demands the same but if you can somehow manage to reduce your screen time even by 3-4 hours say if your work demands 8 hours of screen time so other than that the extra 4-5 hours of screen time on social networking sites or watching tv or youtube videos can be brought to 1- 2 hours. You all must have heard of eye-straining and adverse effects on your cognitive abilities because of higher  screen time. In short, it’s affecting you mentally leading to anxiety, poor thinking and planning, and short-term memory loss to name a few. Also remember it’s not only your mental health getting affected, but your physical health also suffers. You can right away google the drawbacks of sitting in one place for a long time or living a sedentary life. It makes you obese, leads to bad posture when you stand and walk, and gives an open ...
Read more