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a CaRBON Tax WORlD: OppORTUNiTy OR OBligaTiON? with increasing Co 2 emission and nature taking its toll, it is time for us to shoulder the responsibilities. by brian Peng weng Kung I was sitting on a beach when I saw a half-empty bottle of mineral water swept towards the shore. Have you ever wondered how much it costs to convert one litre of water to a level which is drinkable? When close to a billion people are lacking access to clean water, such wastage is certainly distasteful! What will the fate of this non-biodegradable plastic enthusiastically. Few people know that 80% of the marine pollution is from plastic debris, which has been rapidly accumulating since the end of World War II. It is estimated that there are hundreds of million metric tons of plastic 1 . Plastic is often the food chain and eventually ended up on our dining table. Accidentally or incidentally, we humans who sit on in the highest hierarchy of the food chain would Photo: Tomas Brechler/Flickr
For centuries, we have been enjoying unprecedented productivity, the fruits of labour of the industrial revolution. although the much earlier and simpler version of machines, such as the trolley, can be traced back to ancient times. Expectedly, it was also during the industrial revolution that global CO2 onset of the industrial revolution was closely linked to a few events e.g., the development textiles manufacturing and the creation of
steam engines. With the adoption of factory system, which started in the mid-18th century, the concept of mass production took off and has since then benchmarked the evolution of consumerism. A reduction in labour costs, as well as an increased rate of production, enables a company to produce larger quantity of one single product at much lower cost than using traditional, non-linear methods. about 90 km away from Hong Kong, you can ISSUE 4 / 2012
