Heredity is an inborn attribute.
By biological processes we pass down our characteristics to our children, and
they to their children, and so on and so forth. We ensure, to the best of our
abilities and as much as possible, that such characteristics (the good ones)
are preserved, perpetuated and sustained throughout generations in the family.
Bad characteristics too are passed down through generations. What good families
do is to prevent bad characteristics from seeping into the family genetic code,
so to speak, in the first place to preserve the good family image. At best it
is a matter of management.
In the social-cultural setting
too there is the practice of inheritance, where property is passed down from
one generation to another. Parents acquire for example shares which they pass
down to their children so that when they are no more their children will not go
hungry or without shelter. It often happens that a mother gives a treasured
piece of jewelry to a daughter on her marriage and tells her that her mother
gave it to her when she was going to marry so she was passing it down to her. That
piece of jewelry is meant to be preserved and sustained.
The foregoing show that at the
biological level humans are designed and programmed to pass down attributes,
and obviously, therefrom, social-culturally property.
When it comes to the natural
environment, for that matter planet Earth, our only heritage, we have not
applied our natural attributes well. By our activities we are making planet
Earth an endangered species, depriving future generations of their inheritance.
We have realized this and therefore we are making a U-turn. The new way forward
is the green way. It is a way that allows for the use of natural resources of planet
Earth without compromising balance, depletion and cleanliness for the sake of
posterity. The turnaround is ongoing. The purpose of this post is to showcase
the UK as a model and a worthy example of transition to a green and sustainable
natural environment, and as inspiration for others. Dependence on coal is
getting down. April 22, 2017 the UK went without coal-fired energy for 24 hours
for the first time since 1880.
The following shows UK’s sources
of electricity generation between 2014 and 2015.
|
NO
|
SOURCE
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2014
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2015
|
|
01
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Renewables
|
19.1%
|
24.7%
|
|
02
|
Gas
|
29.8%
|
29.5%
|
|
03
|
Nuclear
|
18.8%
|
20.8%
|
|
04
|
Coal
|
29.7%
|
22.6%
|
|
05
|
Oil and other
|
2.6%
|
2.4%
|
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