<p>“The effective management of Carbon will decide the success of regulating climate change or global warming. Shifting to a development paradigm which is sustainable with nature can only save the planet from the alacrity of soaring mercury,” noted Dr S M Kulkarni, faculty at the department of Mechanical Engineering, NITK Surathkal.<br /><br /> He was delivering a talk on ‘Climate change and waste recycling’ organised by The institution of Engineers, Institution of valuers and Kodagu, DK, Udupi Engineers association here on Tuesday. <br /><br />Kulkarni emphasized that on an average, an individual is adding 94 lb of Carbon per day to earth’s atmosphere. <br /><br />Cutting down emission of green house gases such as Carbon dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, CFC is the way towards sustainable development. <br /><br />Production of more fuel-efficient vehicles, reduction of individual vehicle use and promoting public transporting system, reducing deforestation, promoting solar energy etc will enhance sustainable development, he stressed. </p>.<p>He said that of the global consumers, USA consumes 40 pc of more energy than average individual use. <br /><br />Power generation tops<br /><br />Speaking on the different segments that add carbon to the environment, he said that electricity generation tops the chart of rapidly adding global warming. <br /><br />“Around 21.3 per cent of the addition of Carbon has been from power generation which is followed by vehicles, industry, agriculture, commercial and residential segments.” <br /><br />“Packaging, storage and transportation needs carbon. If one is packing a food item and sends it to far off places for selling, the entire process is adding up carbon thus enhancing global warming. On the other hand, if one is consuming a local made product, which doesn’t need packaging, transportation and storage facilities, that much emission of carbon is avoided,” Kulkarni pointed. <br /><br />Carbon footprint<br /><br />The Carbon Footprint is defined as the sets of green house gas emissions caused by an organisation, event product or a person. Kulkarni explained that everyone has a Carbon Footprint and reducing it to a maximum is the need of the hour. </p>.<p>“A healthy environment, economy and healthy society marks sustainable development. Any approach towards reduction of Carbon Footprint is contributing towards sustainable development.”<br /><br />He explained that the successful experiment conducted at NITK Surathkal where PET bottles were recycled to manufacture another product without adding carbon to the atmosphere. <br /><br />“We used crushed PET bottles mixed with fly ash and LDPE, put the mixture in a mould and produced a component used in toys, a perfect example of using technology without harming environment,” Kulkarni said. <br /><br /><br /></p>
<p>“The effective management of Carbon will decide the success of regulating climate change or global warming. Shifting to a development paradigm which is sustainable with nature can only save the planet from the alacrity of soaring mercury,” noted Dr S M Kulkarni, faculty at the department of Mechanical Engineering, NITK Surathkal.<br /><br /> He was delivering a talk on ‘Climate change and waste recycling’ organised by The institution of Engineers, Institution of valuers and Kodagu, DK, Udupi Engineers association here on Tuesday. <br /><br />Kulkarni emphasized that on an average, an individual is adding 94 lb of Carbon per day to earth’s atmosphere. <br /><br />Cutting down emission of green house gases such as Carbon dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, CFC is the way towards sustainable development. <br /><br />Production of more fuel-efficient vehicles, reduction of individual vehicle use and promoting public transporting system, reducing deforestation, promoting solar energy etc will enhance sustainable development, he stressed. </p>.<p>He said that of the global consumers, USA consumes 40 pc of more energy than average individual use. <br /><br />Power generation tops<br /><br />Speaking on the different segments that add carbon to the environment, he said that electricity generation tops the chart of rapidly adding global warming. <br /><br />“Around 21.3 per cent of the addition of Carbon has been from power generation which is followed by vehicles, industry, agriculture, commercial and residential segments.” <br /><br />“Packaging, storage and transportation needs carbon. If one is packing a food item and sends it to far off places for selling, the entire process is adding up carbon thus enhancing global warming. On the other hand, if one is consuming a local made product, which doesn’t need packaging, transportation and storage facilities, that much emission of carbon is avoided,” Kulkarni pointed. <br /><br />Carbon footprint<br /><br />The Carbon Footprint is defined as the sets of green house gas emissions caused by an organisation, event product or a person. Kulkarni explained that everyone has a Carbon Footprint and reducing it to a maximum is the need of the hour. </p>.<p>“A healthy environment, economy and healthy society marks sustainable development. Any approach towards reduction of Carbon Footprint is contributing towards sustainable development.”<br /><br />He explained that the successful experiment conducted at NITK Surathkal where PET bottles were recycled to manufacture another product without adding carbon to the atmosphere. <br /><br />“We used crushed PET bottles mixed with fly ash and LDPE, put the mixture in a mould and produced a component used in toys, a perfect example of using technology without harming environment,” Kulkarni said. <br /><br /><br /></p>
