I read recently that Sentosa and the Marina Bay will submerge into water soon if the sea level rises 1m. They even suggested us to set our air-conditioner warmer, unless we wish to see beach road back on the beach again. To fight global warming, Singapore has taken up a lot of initiatives, such as educating the young on the importance to fight global warming. For example, in secondary school, we have learned how to reduce our damage to the Mother Nature, such as turning the air-conditioner to 25 degree Celsius.
As global warming is a public problem, there are some unethical groups of people who do not care about global warming. Their goal is to earn as much money as possible, and not caring for the earth at all. For example, they know that global warming is a problem in the long run situation, and as Keynes has mentioned, in the long run, we all will be dead.
Fortunately, there are a lot of not for profit organizations who are set up to fight global warming. They consisted of people from different works of life whose objective are all the same, that is to fight global warming and create a good environment for our further generations to live in. Luckily, our government is very supportive of their initiatives. One notable initiative that these groups of people came up with is the 1 hour lights-off in the central business district on March every year. Although this is good, I believe there is still room for improvement, especially if the government is willing to take the lead. For example, in Japan, the prime minister set a role model by announcing that office employees do not need to wear suit to work on Friday, hence allowing the air-conditioner on Friday to be switched off. I believe this is a good and practical initiative to save Mother Nature. Although Singapore is a small country, I believe by pro-actively pushing for more initiatives, it can inspire other bigger countries and together, we can fight global warming.
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Great post.I agreed with you on the point that our government could do much more to fight global warming.If the government don't have the initative to fight,we can't expect much from the private sector to take the lead.
ReplyDeleteIt will also be better if you paragraph your posting.This way it will be easier for the reader eyes:)
I find it very useful that schools teach you how to protect mother nature. I never studied in Singapore but I would have appreciated one or two lessons about reducing global warming.
ReplyDeleteIn the first sentece where you said "...sea level rises 1m", I think it would be better if you wrote "...sea level rises by 1m."
Also it would be a bit easier to read if you split your paragraphs.
All in all I really enjoyed reading your blog. I especially like how your gave examples of what would happen in Singapore if the water rose by 1 metre, and about the air condition being switched off in Japan on Friday. Thanks!
Singapore has done quite a bit to protect the environment (more so than many other countries), but there is still room for improvement and especially large-scale change. Turning off the lights for 1 hour in March or turning up the thermostat on air conditioners won't do much to combat global warming. Citizens and governments around the world need to start making a significant difference in their emissions.
ReplyDeleteI think it is quite good to show some negative examples that some of people resist on fighting for global warming. I also believe that Singapore has done many when facing to global warming, why not write more detail policies=)
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