Saturday, December 31, 2011

Atmospheric Madrid pollution levels

Since the coming into force of the Kyoto Protocol, countries of the European Union, including Spain, made a lot of plans that seek to reduce the emission of gaseous pollutants, something that can be reduced to a level tiny if you take the necessary steps and be maintained this trend can be achieved to improve air quality significantly.




Regarding the city of Madrid, is placing emphasis on an innovative Surveillance network whose last regulatory and effectiveness was launched on November 11, 2009 although it is the fruit of decades of work and the combination with last generation technologies made available for the care of the environment.


One of the first signs of concern over pollution and the air monitoring was in 1968, where the air monitoring activities carried out and planned continuous analysis of the atmospheric conditions in the city of Madrid, despite the fact that technology that was not then so specific that they used samplers.
Ten years passed until settled completely a provision of sensors distributed throughout the city, which ran in joint automatically, creating a certain amount of fixed stations which remain until today, but with the necessary technological updates.

Adopted the directive on May 21, 2008, were established new patterns in the measurement of the air, a criterion of unification of measurements, to introduce the need to balance stations placed at sites with excessive traffic, and those that are more isolated.

Since then, the stations fixed updated constantly, to the level achieved today, where accessible public form to all the information regarding the air quality and the protection of the atmosphere, in addition to the different measurements that are published on a daily basis.


Madrid boasts the so-called Comprehensive air quality system, whose purpose is to advertise on a daily basis the levels of air pollution , according to the regulations in force, and seeks to have a constant update of a dedicated website, where can we find that listed below:

In each index referred to the major pollutants and indicates the different levels in the air.

Friday, December 30, 2011

What are alternative energies?

All Over the world, is now an alarmingly high rate energy used free due to the rapid industrialisation and increased awareness among consumers. Most of the world's present energy is generated by fossil fuels, which are having disastrous effects on the environment on a global, local and regional levels.

Fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and oil are used to create more than two thirds of our electricity and almost all of our fuels for transport. Our fossil fuel reserves are diminishing quickly to meet the increasing demand of energy and also their use is becoming more expensive by the day. Not only that, the burning of fossil fuels causes global warming of the Earth and release of many harmful green house gases in our atmosphere at a very high rate.

The term "alternative energy" has become a bit of a catchy phrase these days. People use this term usually but they would have completely different ideas of just what it means. As mentioned above, most of the energy produced in the world today comes from the fossil fuels such as coal, oil or natural gas. The simplest meaning of the term "alternative energy/renewable energy/green energy is energy from a renewable or green source (other than fossil fuels).

Alternative energies are energies generated and used in a way that promote or are compatible with long-term human well-being and ecological balance. Alternative energy or renewable energy turning out commercially viable for a growing list of consumers and used. Alternative energy technologies offer many advantages and are suitable for the General sustainable development i.e. the development of the economy, the environment and social welfare.
Renewable/alternative energy is the energy from natural processes that are often supplemented. Most renewable energy sources are environmentally friendly and combat global warming by reducing carbon emissions and also allow the economies to their dependencies on politically turbulent Nations to curtail. Renewable energy is generated from solar energy, wind, rain, tidal, hydropower, biomass, geothermal sources, biofuels and hydrogen.

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