It is known that planet Earth is
getting warmer. I have projected this fact in a number of posts. So if you
follow my blog you surely know what I am talking about. This state of affair is
a worry to many a nation. Under the
aegis of the United Nations the world is trying to reduce and stabilizer the
surface temperature of planet Earth, and in so doing the required cool
temperature. Ultimately I think the goal is to bring the Earth’s mean temperature
to pre-1870 level. It is generally believed and accepted that 1870 is the year
increased emission of greenhouse gases started, adding up to culminate in the
quantity of greenhouse gases we have in the atmosphere today. 1870 is regarded
as the time increased greenhouse gas emission started because it brought in
industrialization, and with industrialization multinationalism or
transnationalism. Some multinationals are Apple, Samsung, Toyota, Nissan,
Exxon, Total etc. It is mainly through the activities of such multinationals
that greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere causing global warming.
Emissions occur during raw material extraction, raw material processing,
manufacturing of products, packaging of products, marketing of products and
usage of products. Well, the multinationals alone should not bear the whole brunt
of a warming Earth. You, as a consumer, ought to bear your part of the brunt
because you patronize products of multinationals.
Given the foregoing backdrop, it
stands to reason that the multinationals have a key and critical role in
reducing the unacceptable current surface temperature of our planet. The
multinationals know the responsibility that lies on their shoulders. Indeed
some of them are doing very well to reduce their carbon footprint. In one of my
posts not long ago I shared with you the success story of Google.
In this post I am going to tell you
what another multinational is doing to reduce its carbon footprint, and thereby
eventually, the cooling of the Earth. The name of that multinational is Yanmar.
Yanmar is a Japan multinational engaged in the manufacture of engines of racing
yachts, among others. The multinational manufactures racing yacht engines for
Oracle Team USA. Oracle Team USA engages in yacht racing. I think the team is the
defending champion at the Bermuda yacht race. Oracle itself is a multinational
engaged in the manufacture of computers.
Yanmar has manufactured a diesel engine
for Oracle Team USA which cuts carbon dioxide emission by 20% to 40% even as it
powers racing yacht in a race. Carbon dioxide is greenhouse gas, a main
greenhouse gas, accumulating in the Earth’s atmosphere to cause global warming.
So manufacturing an engine to reduce greenhouse gas by that margin is certainly
working one’s way to the cooling of the Earth. For Oracle, a multinational to
have ordered such an engine for its yachts tells you how green conscious it is.
It is a show and expression of a green intercourse between two multinationals.
What all this tells you is that man is
accepting their responsibility as one driving global warming. That being the
case man is confronted with the critical challenge of reversing the warming
trend towards a cooling Earth. This, man is doing through acceptance of the problem
and challenge, mind orientation, attitudinal change, research and resultant
appropriate technology, and application.
Yanmar is yet another personification
of green consciousness. Yanmar ought to serve as encouragement to others who
are yet to tread this path, more so those who still do not believe it is the
way man is handling resources of planet Earth that is causing greenhouse gases
to accumulate in the atmosphere, thereby prompting a rise in the surface
temperature of the Earth. Yanmar’s mentality is surely one that leads to a
clean and balanced natural environment.
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