Thursday, May 7, 2009

Task 6 - Cool City






Nowadays, the usage of carbon and energy are very high and if we keep using it at the same capacity we will need to find another earth to live in which is impossible. The video said that we have to reduce the carbon dioxide emitted in the air by a half. In the last 30 years Japan has improved the energy efficiency by 37% and decreased the oil consumption by 8%.






Cool Cities are cities that are built to reduce the rate of carbon dioxide on the earth, by building a city that depends on natural resources, renewable energy and using hybrid cars. The cool city was built by a group of Japanese companies called SDCJ. The cool city contains all the transportation that we need and many facilities that we can use. After 2030 they will be using hybrid cars that don’t emit emissions into the air. At that time, they are accepting a decrease in carbon dioxide by 60%.






Abu Dhabi's population is growing very fast every year. The government has started to build a project that makes Abu Dhabi a cool city. They started this in Masdar City and Saadiat Island. They started to build these cities to reduce the carbon footprint. In my opinion, this will not happen especially in the UAE and it’s just a waste of time. I think that this problem will continue to increase and they will not find a solution for it.

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