| Conservation
We
are committed as anyone to "saving the planet"!
1 – The
Bad News
Carbon dioxide is a ‘Green-house’ gas – that
is, one that helps form a blanket of gases around the world. That
blanket of gases makes it difficult for naturally occurring heat
to escape into the stratosphere. If the heat cannot escape
effectively, then the whole world gradually warms up, and we experience
the phenomenon known as ‘global warming’. The
theory is that global warming will increase the volume of water
in the world, amongst other things, which could have catastrophic
effects for future generations of humans, although the fish would
be very happy. Seal Coast Safari, in its normal operation
as a tour company produces carbon when the Seal Coast Safari vehicles
undertake a safari. It is a chemical reaction that cannot be avoided
- to make the engine go, the diesel is burned, and carbon dioxide
is formed.
2 – The
Good News
As any
school-boy or school-girl knows, plants absorb CO2 (carbon dioxide). Planting
a tree in a place where no tree grew before will add to the world
an effective carbon dioxide absorber. A tree throughout its
lifetime will normally absorb one tonne of carbon, as it absorbs
the carbon dioxide it needs to live.
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