Air pollution has become the most serious environmental problem in Indonesia. Why is it so? Air is a fundamental needs of human being and all of the other living things. According to an official at the World Bank office in Jakarta, "air pollution imposes costs of at least $400 million on the Indonesian economy every year." Not mentioning of inflammation of respiratory tract, which is directly linked to air quality becomes the sixth leading cause of death in Indonesia.
The terrible air conditions don't come from nowhere into existence, there are several causes of this circumstance. Firstly, carbon dioxide and monoxide production increase gradually. Deforestation, industry development, vehicles pollution are the ones responsible for it. Respiratory disorder, extinction of species are several of the consequences. The other cause, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) usages, are destroying our ozones, making the air into warmer state, creating the green house effect, and leading us to global warming; making our earth becomes hotter and hotter, raising the sea level, and finally will melt the eternal ice in the poles. Look at how serious the consequences can be!
With small effort, we can do something big to overcome environmental challenge in air pollution. Carbon dioxide and monoxide production and CFC all are not only the responsibility of industrial or government side. We can do something about it! Not only in Indonesia, we as a small part of the world will be able to make a large contribution if we get together and try to overcome the crisis that is putting the earth at stake right now. For example, we can try to reduce the usage of private vehicle as a primary mean of transportation. One million people that do so will reduce the amount of pollution of one million vehicle. Another thing that we can do is try to conserve energy by turning off electrical appliances that we do not use. Turning off one 50 watt lamp for each person in my country will be able to lighten the electricity of the whole Singapore. Protect our earth!
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reduce global warming!
save the earth~~~
hoho^^
Air polution is also the most serious environment problem in china. In my hometown, the sky has become grey instead of blue. We must take action right now and work together to save our earth.
I also heard something about the air pollution problem in Indonesia. Like burning forest to vacate the land, I don’t know if this is true. If this is true, I think it must to be resolve to protect our air…
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