Petroleum and diesel oils are now being replaced by biodiesel which is an environmentally friendly product. This will definitely help to reduce the degradation of our environment which is currently going on at a high level. The main objective of the “ Go Green ” message is to reduce the environmental pollution.

Apart from producing and using green products…

…organizations are also focusing on developing environmentally friendly buildings, factories and housing societies. Factories are nowadays constructed far away from cities and in such a way that proper techniques are used for releasing the harmful smoke released from them. Even industries have now started employing non-renewable energy resources like solar energy, wind energy, hydro energy and geo-thermal energy as alternative energy resources.

Many international organizations have been established for protecting the environment. Strict rules and regulations have been introduced in many countries for protecting the environment. Campaigns are also being conducted by students all over the world to spread the message of saving the environment. Social networks like Facebook and twitter are also being utilized as a good platform for sharing the "Go Green" message.

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The coastal areas and the remote hill regions having potential wind energy are selected for placing windmills, to generate electricity. This electricity can be used for suppling power to remote areas and villages. It has the following advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages

It can be easily harnessed as compared to other energy resources.

It is available free of cost.

It is Eco-friendly as it does not contribute in creating any forms of pollution.

It can be easily obtained in the hilly as well as remote areas.

The cost of installation and recurring costs are quite affordable.

Disadvantages

The generation of energy depends on the wind velocity which indicates that it will not be available regularly and so is unreliable.

It needs some battery backup to store the energy which increases the production cost.

This energy can be used only for small locality and not for large urban areas.

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 - The solar equipments do not require any serious installation or costly maintenance. e.g. Solar water heater and solar cooker.

 - The nutritional value food is preserved while using solar cookers.

 - The space requirements for placing solar equipment is not too large.

 - Most importantly solar equipments do not make any noise pollution which is quite beneficial in reducing the environmental pollution.

The One and Only Trouble

Having read about the numerous advantages of solar energy, its only disadvantage is that Solar energy would be available only during day time. However, to overcome this limitation various advanced techniques are being developed so that solar cells can store large amount of solar energy to be used when sunlight is not available.

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Necessary Environmental conditions

A perineal supply of water or dam should be present for artificial storage of water. The temperature of the region should not go below the freezing point. So in the arctic regions, it is not possible to create a hydel power generator.

The region must have a steep slope for generating velocity in the surface water or an artificial dam should be used for generating this velocity.

The region must have the potentials of industrial development, because the generation of hydel power is quite cheap but the carrying cost of electricity through the copper wire or aluminum wire is too high.

Pen-stocks should be set up in the dam wall so that water falls at a high velocity. As the velocity of water increases the amount of electricity generated per unit time will also be increased.

Turbines should be set up at the ground level of the dam. Thus when water will flows at high velocity through the pipeline, the turbine will start rotating. This rotation of turbines will finally generate electricity.

Today, hydro energy is used as the main resource for generating electricity, which is the most important and widely used energy resource.

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Dissociation of Chloroflurocarbons

The chlorine atoms released by the dissociation of chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) are responsible for the depletion of the ozone layer. The release of CFC is confined to many activities which includes refrigeration, air conditioning, extinguishing fires, cleaning solvents in industries, blowing agents in plastic industries and solvents used in the paint industry. It has been found that one chlorine atom is capable of destroying up-to one million ozone molecules.

If the above mentioned activities continues for a longer period of time, then the natural filter of ozone layer will be totally lost and destroyed. By minimizing the use of ferrous and halogens the depletion of ozone can be reduced. Also, by using Eco-friendly chemicals, CFC can be replaced and ozone layer depletion can be curbed up to some extent. However it should be noted that Eco-friendly chemicals are expensive and hence the cost of production of cooling equipments will be gradually increased. Finally by imposing a regulatory ban on the use of refrigeration and air-conditioners, the formation of CFC can be reduced and the depletion of ozone layer can be put under control.

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Global warming is a serious threat for the natural environment as it will change its natural cycle and will ultimately destroy it. Rise in atmospheric temperature and melting of snow in the arctic region are some of the examples of the direct effects of global warming on the environment.

What if Global warming continues?

If Global warming continues then some of the largest urban centers and industrial areas like Shanghai, New York and Tokyo would be under sea-water in the near future. The solution for this problem is not quite easy because the developed country's economies are strongly tied with the hydrocarbon fuel which is one of the major causes of Global warming.

However, certain control measures can be taken to prevent such problems in future. By using alternative sources of energy, the emission of carbon-dioxide can be decreased. The non-conventional energy resources like solar, wind, tidal, geo-thermal or bio-based energy resources can serve as a good alternative. Thus by using such non-conventional sources of energy even the environmental pollution can be curbed upto a great extent.

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Many people believe that Diesel had designed this engine in such a manner that it can run on peanut oil. However, fact is that model designed by diesel could not run on peanut oil. It has been reported that Daniel once said "the use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today but such oils may become, in the course of time, as important as petroleum and the coal-tar products of the present time".

Vegetable Oil and Animal fat

Although, petroleum based fuels were widely used during those days, the demand for vegetable oil or animal fats based diesel oils were really high. Records have shown that during the 1920s and 1930s countries like Italy, France, United Kingdom, Portugal, Germany, Argentina, Japan, Brazil and China had tested and used animal fat or vegetable oil based diesel oils which is presently known as biodiesel. However, due to some scientific reasons those oils were no longer used. Also, these oils were poorly efficient as compared to normal petroleum based diesel oils. Thus as a tribute to our environment every year this day many NGOs and local organizations around the world conduct various activities that are beneficial for the environment.

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Due to its unique objective GPUS has got a huge number of supporters and followers from every corner of the world. Also, Green party of the US provides a good platform for youngsters who are interested in working for the development of the environment. GPUS has conducted numerous activities for the development of the environment which include afforestation and preventing deforestation and environmental pollution. Another important unique quality to be mentioned about GPUS is that they never accept donations from corporations which evidently shows that they are not one among the corrupted group of politicians.

Success of the GPUS

GPUS has been successful as a Global party by sharing out the message of saving our precious environment. In fact they are the only party around the globe who have been successful in making people realize the importance of protecting our environment. GPUS is presently governed by a central governing body known as “ The Green National Committee” (GNC). GNC is responsible for organizing and managing all the national party functions and appoints a steering committee to look in to day-to-day functions.

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However, with the invention of biodiesel most of the green vehicles are nowadays powered using it. Most of the chemically prepared fuels are now being replaced by biodiesel for fueling environmentally friendly vehicles. Green vehicles also consume less energy while offering high efficiency as compared to normal vehicles. Environmentally friendly cars may also be classified into various types such as Cell powered cars, Hybrid electric cars and compressed air cars.

Solar powered Cars

From the above mentioned ones Hybrid electric powered vehicles are most widely used as it offers higher efficiency as compared to others. Even solar powered vehicles are being developed wherein solar panels will be placed on the roof of cars to harness solar energy. This solar powered cars will totally eliminate the use of non-renewable energy resources for fueling purposes.

Some of the most popular environmentally friendly cars in the market are Chevrolet Volt, Audi A3 TDI, Ford focus electric, Nissan Leaf and VW Jetta TDI. The only limitation of these environmentally friendly cars is that they have some speed limitations. But, again this will be beneficiary when it comes to reducing the number of road accidents.

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