Energy Consumption

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 Pre-Sessional Course 2015

ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Submitted by: Naranan, K1531149

Submission date: 29/07/15.

Group: Lancaster

Tutor: Delphine Lawrance

Word count: 771 words

Essay plan

‘Energy consumption in the developed and developing world is becoming dangerously high’. Suggest and evaluate different solutions for reducing energy consumption from the perspective of the public.

Introduction

- The reasons of global warming

- The consequences of excessive energy consumption. (The Natural Resources Defence Council, 2015)

- This essay will examine several solutions for the developed and developing countries to reduce energy use such as educating consumers, campaigns, reusing goods, buying second-hand clothing, reducing consumption of meat and will evaluate these solutions.

Paragraph 1: Food waste is one important aspect of high energy consumption.

Problems

- Current lifestyles make the level of food waste increasing.

- Consumers are influenced by the retail sector.

Suggested solutions

-  Educating consumers (shopping list and meal planning)

- The Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW) campaign (The House of Lords, 2014)

Evaluation of suggestions

- ‘Buy One, Get One Free’ should be banned

- The Government should support education in schools about effects of wasting food to people since they were children for increase awareness.

- Every restaurants should have sizes of dishes in every menu such as small, medium and large.

Paragraph 2: Fast fashion is also the big problems of high energy consumption.

Problems

- The use of energy and toxic chemicals to producing clothing are the major of environment impacts.

- Using high temperatures to drying and ironing clothing.

Suggested solutions

- Extending or reusing the life of clothing.

- Second-hand clothing

- Using low temperature to wash clothing (Allwood, J., Laursen, S., Bocken, N., 2006)

Evaluation of suggestions

- Factories should consider about Eco-fashion that use materials which are environmental friendly.

Paragraph 3: Meat and dairy consumption can caused greenhouse gas emission to the world.

Problems

- The percentages of Greenhouse gas emission from livestock sector are more than from the transport sector.