You are Simran/Raj living in Kochi, Kerala. While arranging for air travel tickets for your family’s vacation, you read that air travel leaves a large amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and has a huge carbon footprint. Write a letter to the editor of a national daily in 120-150 words, drawing attention towards the negative impact of air travels on the environment. Also suggest a few steps that can be taken to practice sustainable travelling
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Answer:
Formal Letter
Explanation:
Kerala,
Kochi,
Date: 30/07/20××
To Editor
Kasturba Gandhi Marg,
New Delhi
[Sub: Negative impact of air travels on the environment and suggestions that can be taken practice sustainable traveling]
Dear Sir,
Through the coulmn of your esteemed daily, I would like to draw the kind attention of the concerned authorities and negative impact of air travels on the environment. I would also like to suggest a few measures that can be taken practice sustainable travelling.
Among other environmental problems, we have a rising air pollution problem, global warming the credits of this pollution problem goes to the increasing number of factories and air travels.
Pollution is a major problem, not only in our country but also in the world. Pollution may muddy landscapes, poison soils and waterways, or kill plants and animals. Long-term exposure to air pollution, for example, can lead to chronic respiratory disease, lung cancer and other diseases. Toxic chemicals that accumulate in top predators can make some species unsafe to eat.
Besides factories, air travels also cause huge amount of pollution. air travelling is indeed bad for the planet because it contributes to global warming, pollution, and leaves a huge carbon footprint. Airplanes run on kerosene fuel, which when combusted, releases a large amount of carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere. Airplanes are important to the economy in various ways such as imports, exports, tourism, and business. But the importance of the industry comes with adverse effects, which continue to affect the climate with little or nothing to do because of how the industry is tremendously growing and there being no alternative to kerosene as fuel.
Some measures that can be taken to reduce this problem are:
Setting up of Regulations:
As a solution to environmental degradation as a result of air travel, the regulation of the industry is needed. International Civil Authority (ICAO) in 2016 proposed the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) which gives airline restrictions on carbon emissions.
Use of Technology:
To deal with the problem of climate impact by the aviation industry, technology can be used in the design and systems of planes to make them more efficient.
Carbon Offsetting Programs:
Charging the number of greenhouses emitted into the air by aircraft could go a long way in discouraging pollution.
Optimization of Flight Routes:
In a bid to protect the climate, optimizing flight routes can reduce the negative effects of flying.
Use of Computer Programs to Reduce Noise Pollution:
As a means of preventing noise pollution by airports to its neighborhoods, computer programs can be used to simulate aircraft operations to identify areas that are prone to such disturbances.
Technology is to make our lives better an easier. We may find man made things better than natural ones, but the truth is that Nature control us, we don't control it. So it's responsibility to keep is safe.
Thank you
Regards