Why advocate a low-carbon life?

The so-called "low-carbon life" is to reduce the energy consumed in daily life as much as possible, thus reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Low-carbon life is an attitude, not an ability for us ordinary people. We should actively advocate and practice low-carbon life, start from these bits and pieces, and pay attention to four sectors: electricity saving, water saving, fuel saving and solar terms. In addition to planting trees, some people buy goods with short transportation mileage. Some people insist on climbing stairs in various ways, some of which are interesting and some of which are inevitably troublesome. But people who care about global warming have actually brought carbon dioxide reduction into their lives.

The ideal form of low carbon economy is to fully develop sunshine economy, wind energy economy, hydrogen energy economy and biomass energy economy. But at present, the cost of solar power generation is 5- 10 times that of coal-fired hydropower, and the price of wind power generation in some areas is higher than that of coal-fired hydropower; As a secondary energy, hydrogen energy is far from the commercialization goal of extracting clean energy such as wind energy and solar energy. Developing biofuels at the expense of consuming a large number of grain and oil crops has led to a certain increase in the prices of food, meat, edible oil and other items. Globally, it is estimated that solar power generation will only reach 65,438+00% of the world's electricity supply by 2030, and the world's proven oil, natural gas and coal reserves will be exhausted in the next 40 years, 60 years and 65,438+000 years respectively. Therefore, one of the important meanings of "low-carbon economy" and "low-carbon life" is to save fossil energy consumption and provide time guarantee for the popularization and utilization of new energy in the next few decades when "carbon fuel civilization era" is in transition to "solar energy civilization era" (wind energy and biomass energy are both conversion forms of solar energy). Especially from the energy structure of China, low carbon means energy saving, and low carbon economy is based on low energy consumption and low pollution.

"Give up hobbies! The theme of Low-carbon Economy Environment Day reminds people that "low-carbon economy" not only means that the manufacturing industry should speed up the elimination of backward production capacity with high energy consumption and high pollution, but also means guiding the public to reflect on which habitual consumption patterns and lifestyles are bad habits of wasting energy and increasing pollution, so as to fully tap the great potential of energy conservation and emission reduction in the service industry and consumers' lives. One of the important ways to turn to a low-carbon economy and a low-carbon lifestyle is to get rid of the hobby of "convenient consumption" at the expense of high energy consumption. " Convenience is a universal value in modern commercial marketing and consumer life. Many convenient consumption methods are inadvertently wasting huge energy. For example, according to the estimation of refrigeration technology experts, 70% of the electricity consumption of supermarkets is used for freezers, while the electricity consumption of open freezers is 20% higher than that of glass door freezers. Based on this calculation, the open freezer of a medium-sized supermarket consumes about 48,000 kWh more than one year, which is equivalent to about 19 tons of standard coal, about 48 tons of carbon dioxide, and about190,000 liters of clean water. There are about 800 large and medium-sized supermarkets and 6000 supermarket convenience stores in Shanghai. If glass door freezers are widely used in large and medium-sized supermarkets, customers can save about 452 1 10,000 kwh of electricity a year, which is equivalent to saving about10.8 million tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 45,000 tons. In China, the annual per capita CO2 emission is 2.7 tons, but even if a white-collar worker in a city only has 40 square meters of living space, driving a car 1.6L after work and flying 12 times a year, the carbon emission will be 26 1 1 kg. From this point of view, energy conservation and emission reduction is imperative. If environmental protection concepts such as protecting the environment, protecting animals and saving energy have become the code of conduct, then low-carbon life is a green lifestyle that we urgently need to establish.

Although "low-carbon life" is a new concept, it raises an old problem of sustainable development in the world, which reflects the concern for the future caused by climate change, and the world is increasingly aware of this problem. Climate problems such as global warming make human beings have to consider the current ecological environment. Humans realize that excessive carbon emissions in the process of production and consumption are one of the important factors that cause climate problems, so to reduce carbon emissions, some consumption and production activities should be optimized and restrained accordingly. Although some scholars still have different views on the causes of climate change, the concept of "low-carbon life" is at least in line with the prudent principle of "preparing for a rainy day" and the psychology and ideal of pursuing perfection, so it is better to believe what it has than not, and the concept of "low-carbon life" is gradually accepted by all countries in the world. The emergence of a low-carbon life not only tells people what you can do to reduce carbon, but also tells people what you can do. When this lifestyle gradually rises, people begin to care, have I done anything to reduce carbon today? In Badaling, Beijing, a carbon sink forest farm has begun to take shape. If you want to offset your carbon emissions, you can come here to buy carbon sinks or plant trees. Forestry carbon sequestration is realized through afforestation, forest management and vegetation restoration. Chloroplasts in plant leaves absorb water, inorganic salts and moisture in the soil through photosynthesis, release oxygen, and transport the manufactured organic matter to the soil through sieve tubes. Fungi and bacteria in the soil decompose organic matter, thus producing material circulation and reducing carbon dioxide in the air for carpets. The idea of buying carbon sinks is more popular than driving less and turning on the air conditioner. At present, the main measures to slow down climate warming are to reduce emissions and increase foreign exchange. Compared with emission reduction measures, forestry carbon sequestration measures have become an important means to slow down climate warming because of their low cost, multiple benefits and operability.