to me. i am not too dumb to. please. crowds. i have mounted my city's days for centuries and accompanied my country through its finest alice until the day i'm. not tied down to. stunts. hello welcome to eco india a sustainability magazine that helps you make an informed choice for a pina greener tomorrow this week we look at ideas that are taking us closer to a fossil fuel think planet and talk to change makers behind them. coming to you

from mumbai in india over the next cutting minutes how cool got them based company is introducing electric scooters to the point you to the city how a german city was soo stupid to use jewel pummel energy to heat up their homes and offices and how the environment can eat conscious in the philippines are pushing to switch to solar power 1st let's talk about the city you forgot that for me it comes close to my home city of mumbai it's crowded and it's intimate but just like mumbai the problems of traffic and for you should on 2 very flattering. have a massive 319 cars focus on the top one local company is working towards slowly changing this by introducing small electric school to us that we never need on diesel.

the bright yellow taxis and don van crimes will tell you you are in calcutta no no university as the city of joy. but the city also faces major difficulties like lack of public transport and traffic pollution. electric scooters could help it used to bad enough air pollution especially if e.o. 11. we did some research and found out that only 15 percent of india actually has a drivers license so the vast majority of indians didn't have a license and that was the market that we wanted to we did a little bit more research and found out that electric scooters where the speed of 25 kilometers an hour doesn't require a license to write and that was the aha moment and that's when we decided that we want to start this company. founded his rental a scooter service and over 2 years ago with 60 scooters. he runs a fleet of 85. the rental service. clients can pick up and drop

off the scooters accept different points across concord on average a scooter is used by 3 to 4 right as a day. all of us who does have probably came on batteries so a time battery is green or about to be drained customers can go to any of the points and swap out the battery field if a customer has any problem middle of the road we have roadside assistance and even out there the wakil can be swapped any problem is about to be found. is perhaps one of the. lions have worked except to different kaunas of the city. taking a cab to the business of and back used to cost between pretty $1400.00 rupees 5 yards when she rents an electric for $45.00 rupees or less than $0.60 per hour she can haul costs on with

a fully charged battery she can go up to 60 kilometers. on the scooter i'm not only spending less money i also end up saving time. i'm going to have several things to do in a day i agreed to buy for the full day our i didn't leave basis i invariably end up . and in less than if i had to take a bus a cab or the tram or was it that come with their way of that see me. corporate customers like this food delivered and get even better rate a strategy which it is hoped will also raise the visibility of east coasters it is primarily aimed at younger stock of founders and college students. let us think about. the course i don't really know how to go about it when i see my

friends who are using their own bikes to do this show to spend a lot on maintenance so that's the biggest benefit to me that's going to. me like it's them go out he would think that according to greenpeace india is a still home to 15 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world with denny ranking as the world's most polluted capital. but white efforts are being made in delhi and it's never been areas the city of scrabbling with lies and pollution that. this city is known as the diesel capital of india over 60 percent of vehicles in calcutta august and diesel driven but it is hard for businesses to find investors for a mission free rental systems since this is an extremely new market bags are on willing to finance it as the founders of expedience however devoted consider changing that

approach. we really want to make sure that none of the vehicles but you the air and you know as many people ask as would we ever going to internal combustion scooters and we tell them no we might move to maybe higher speeds who does but live in never that is that is that you those are bad living never going to icy icy. compare. to a 4 stroke engine an electric scooter has a much lower carbon footprint depending on how the electricity was generated but switching to immobility is also a technical challenge as there is still a lot of manufacturers of scooters and the batteries didn't need. to start ups like . necessary in buggies to get those to be drooling. now the dog would be cool to us run on the lithium ion battery the same kind the fall was your

wife for instance but how the electric vehicles were once about question and. the world has been on the move since the canoe was invented in 1000 b.c. to fast forward to the 21st century and mobility has changed rapidly in addition to the convenience of getting from point a to b. it's becoming just as important to measure the cost of that commute on the environment having a clean alternative to traditional polluting vehicles is becoming a reality for people who drive electric ones which could replace gasoline or diesel . so our electric vehicles a feasible alternative to the automotive sector is a leading source of polluting emissions and is responsible for 30 to 50 percent of all particulate emissions. t.v.'s are silent smooth and have no gears. they require less maintenance. they can be charged using

a dedicated home charging unit or a public charging station. electricity as a fuel is a more sustainable alternative to gasoline or diesel. and yet according to some estimates electric vehicles make up only 0.2 percent of the 1300000000 vehicles on the road the reasons. for one the lack of rapid charging infrastructure puts people off by. in these vehicles it can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 24 hours depending on the size of the battery type of car and the charging port used. also long journeys could be a problem as e.d.s. had been unable to match gasoline run cars in terms of range and ability to accelerate. another big reason is the upfront price tag attached to purchasing these vehicles but all of this could soon change. in china for instance evey's are

cheap because of the government's industrial policies in norway battery electric and plug in hybrid vehicles together hold up 50 percent market share and in israel one in 10 people in tel aviv hop onto electric scooters but how green are really the electricity used to charge these vehicles does not always come from a clean energy source and their production takes twice the amount of energy compared to a gasoline run vehicle. yet researchers have found that e.t.s. that use electricity from renewable sources could produce 6 times less carbon emissions over their lifetimes. not in energy another huge potential source of renewable energy is something scientists who will help the lessen our dependence on fossil fuel india is looking to harness 10. or 20 took to a community in germany may have an edge if it gets into energy for their daily

heating let's take a look. at this is planet earth where we live this is the water and here's the crust inside it's hot magma which warms up the world. here in pool and no one is considered too young to learn about the potential of geothermal energy these children are visiting i mean it's a p. owned company called i e p which directly harness. in many ways typical of small 10 southern germany but it's made a name for itself on a national level for being a trailblazer in the area of geothermal energy. i.e. peace biggest client is the multinational linda which does some of its business in poorer. for a firm with such a large operation having a reliable heating network is a top priority. management points to the benefits of large companies switching to this type of system. has to focus on environmental protection

and showing awareness of its carbon footprint to believe geothermal energy can reduce that carbon footprint to a fraction of what it used to be for. the children get to see how the geothermal energy is harnessed. this is the. this is the drilling point number 2 number one is over there the water that comes out of them both has a temperature of over 100 degrees the pipes are warm to the touch. the water is extracted from layers of rock 3 kilometers underground a device called a he's exchanger is used to transfer the energy into the network. once the water has cooled down it's pumped back to the geological layer it came from

this ensures that the water levels within the layers of rock remain constant. the existence of geothermal activity in the region has long been well known but the push to make cooler a center for harnessing it was led by a small number of people determined to see the project through. drilling began in 2004 by the following year the facility was the plotting a number of public offices with. the project has spurred interest from abroad last year a delegation came to visit from india where cheap fossil fuels are used for power needs. while investing in geothermal energy is expensive proponents say the rise of environmental movements like fridays for a future might encourage governments to give it serious consideration the emissions should not enter through i think pupils and need to go on strike for a few days and do you much more to ensure that adults stop using coal and polluting the air. with the face of embezzling and that if that works

geothermal energy will experience big growth around the world. who wants to be in a position to supply every home in the time with geothermal heating by 2024 a goal that seems possible. around half of the homes here are already being supplied with the existing system. the cost is comparable to that of oil and gas leasing and maintenance costs are low. i've been using geothermal energy for 3 years now hope and so far i've had no problems with meeting. we have no emissions anymore it's great. that c o 2 emissions have gone down so much and put off. this preschool is among the institutions

being supplied with the clean energy source or that the introduction of the system would have produced an estimated 114000 more tons of c o 2. like to expand further we want to start more drilling. geothermal activity here is very promising so we'd like to keep drilling and supply the city of munich too. when it comes to a vision for a cleaner future there seems to be no shortage of any kind of energy in pool. now staying with joni a balloon based stuff up has taken upon itself to completely do of the with style for hexafluoride from the s.f. 6 as it's also called is the strongest moonbeam houseguest and contributes 23000 times more than carbon dioxide to global warming

a new bench of up founded by munching on some issues and his colleagues is changing how high the wanted switch gears which is where as of 6 is use of this. meets manjoo not ramesh an electrical engineer originally from india who now lives and works in germany is lynn based company new ventura as wanting to make electrical grids far more environmentally friendly month to knott's focus is on switchgear essential components that protect an electrical network from overload attack comes into play especially when construction work or repairs are being carried out the vast majority of switch gear uses a gas called sulfur hexafluoride or s f 6 as an insulator and that poses a major environmental problem s f 6 is the most potent greenhouse gas in the world . if you take one to know 4 as of 66123500 tonne so for. what it means is. it's not only that it's

25000 fire and more effective in creating global warming but it's also a very long week and the reason is there is no natural saying. if you take c o 2 that is plants which are solving it and that is a cycle which is happening and this cycle doesn't exist for us of 6 sulfur hexafluoride is a heavy in there and in combustible gas making it an effective and compact insulator the issue is according to scientists that there is always some leakage during the production of the gas during the use of the switchgear and after it's decommissioning release of some 8000 tons of s.f. 6 into the atmosphere each year. although it's hugely damaging to the environment s f 6 barely features and public discussion companies that rely on it have a vested interest in keeping it that way. manjoo not want to change his

company has developed technology that enables switchgear to use regular air and so . of s f 6 has an insulator he says it's easier and cheaper to maintain than conventional switch gear and that the technology could prove to be a game changer in terms of environmental protection every year the way it consumes millions of media markets which guess which consists of as of 6 and if you are able to replace all of this which is not only medium or dish but also in higher dish we would be able to get rid of $8000.00 done so for as of 6 which is getting released into atmosphere so just to compare it 1000 tonnes of us at 6 is equal and or more than $100000000.00 cars a nearly and market. european lawmakers are aware of the harmful effects as of 6 can have they've already prohibited its use in the production of tires and

soundproof windows and now there are calls to ban the gas and switch gear to the block is due to publish a report on possible alternatives in the 1st half of 2020. shallow to who see as a consultant who has coauthored a study of sulfur hexafluoride and switchgear she says a major barrier to moving away from the gas is cost. switchgear is designed to last for more than 40 years. so for a great operator that has just installed say 3 or 4 new units it would be unbelievably expensive to say ok we're going to remove the switch gear that was supposed to last for 4 decades from now and replace them with a set of 6 free switchgear that few of the fix higher side it's only fair that the parties involved to be granted a transition period of time that i thought. wants to leave the way

his idea has already attracted several 1000000 euros from investors and the technology behind it has won awards. at a test center outside the western german city of deuce book one power company as assessing whether the technology is sufficiently developed to meet its needs. according to manjoo not things are heading in the right direction. for me it's very important to make this shift happen this is something i started 10 years before and they continue head and it's my lifetime goal to make this happen. in life you don't get so many bangs a chance to make such a big difference and we have one and we really want to get into. the technology could end up on the market later this year putting money to not ramesh and his team $1.00 step closer to their goal of eliminating s f 6 from the electricity grid and

making power distribution more environmentally friendly. like an adventure that people around the world are working towards creating a cleaner environment for the generations that follow for example the taal of the world out of the philippines its veterans are rallying hard to stop the construction of power plants and make the switch there's a new bullet it cheap. people in the town of head to church on sunday mornings it's just 6 o'clock. thank you not in their catholic faith and in their opposition to a controversial construction project nearby. it's been part of our policy to fight coal plants because it's harmful to people powerful to the environment. we just want to. protect our people and this is in keeping with the source

of the church. to care for the the earth and care for those who're. in the my discipline. after mass the congregation head to the site of a planned coal fired power plant to check if construction has already begun. they keep a detailed record of developers. they bought the know will says contractors have already started to clear the area of trees. someday this was going on for years the plant will close on the local drinking water for joining the club i will bet they best. deal with us and that's a macro. approach so not just the micro that we are protecting our people they're joining the much larger picture of. what that showed up are on hold.

the philippines has rough it population growth 12000000 people live in metro manila alone and the power grid is in urgent need of modernization electricity is expensive and the farms generate a lot of pollution joe on a allah is head of sustainable energy funds for the bank says there are major business opportunities in the sector then your business we will see those new green to be happy to feel good about that you do good for the environment make money out of the. 2 thirds of the philippines energy consumption is actually coming from fossil fuel so in our own little way back here in the country what we hope to do is to. help shift that energy mix. or energy. this is one of the projects a bank has financed to the tune of 1000000 euros just

a year ago it was a stinking open rubbish dump the biggest landfill site in manila now the garbage has been covered with earth and is used to generate electricity. or not. as an engineer and renewable energy consultant. this will. connect to down to the ground and it's collecting methane gas and other gases that's being produced by decomposing garbage inside. the gas goes to a power plant where drives turbines navarro checks regularly how much electricity the cost generates he says the garbage should yield gas for 30 more years. that landfill project may be good for the environment but it's not so welcome for people living in the slum nearby who have lost their source of income. they used to pick through the garbage with things they could sell for recycling plastic and alimony i'm. now children look for those items while they're still on garbage trucks.

to try to stop for a few minutes to let the kids climb aboard and rummage around. to find it. brian is 13 and has already been collecting garbage for 3 years. he lives with his mother and 5 brothers and sisters. he tells us he knows how to read and write and is proud of that. company. unless i work every day. from 7 in the morning until 6 in the evening. i earn about 200 pesos a day. so on that i think. that's equivalent to about 3 year rose when he grows up he wants to work on a garbage truck. be not to mourn on father nolan his congregation are

determined to do their part for the environment. we installed the thefts up solar panels while in the act. and there or more to church our main goal is to provide a tip that they should be for the church under the same time this is the way of. showing that the whole word of that weekend i make use of for you our border and they just orthe. by next year the entire roof of the church complex is said to be covered in for example take panels in addition to their efforts to block fossil fuels on increase environmental awareness congregational making a positive contribution of their own by switching to solar. a small group of people who can definitely change the world are you doing something similar to good use your communities carbon footprint was it up pages of social

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