I had an idea I thought might help towards fighting global warming. It is as follows:
There are products which are labelled “GMO free” and products which are “certified organic”. What if there were “Zero CO2” or “Low CO2” household products? On the label would be marked: “This product has been made using electricity from renewable energy sources”.
As a member of the public and individual customer of my local electricity company, I can ask for the electricity supplied to my home to be generated using renewable resources. Why couldn’t a ‘green-minded’ company do the same??
It would have to start with simple products where the constituents (from suppliers) can be easily traced and also certified to be “Zero CO2” or “Low CO2”. Such products would be food, clothes, crockery, paper etc. Once the movement began, and more and more suppliers produced their products with zero or low CO2, the range and complexity of products could be increased, to include electrical, chemical goods and cars. This would in turn create an ever-increasing demand for green electricity, decrease the need for coal/oil power stations and perhaps influence government long-term planning policy.
There would be a market: most people these days know about the situation and want to do something. The products would be perhaps slightly more expensive, but not necessarily.
What do you think?
Pablo
Welcome Pablo! :good:
I think you have a fantastic idea there. I think the most challenging area would be who would be in charge of regulating these labels. In the European Union or Japan it could possibly be implemented fairly quickly. In the US, I am concerned that the current Administration would not be so keen to apply this great idea, but in less than two years they will be out of the way.
I don't know how feasible it would be, but what about putting a specific number of global warming producing CO2 gases created in the manufacture of various products? Just like when we buy food the label will tell us the amount of grams of fat, protein, sugar, and so on. This would be more difficult to measure for sure than how many calories are in a loaf of bread, but I definitely think people who are experts in this area should be consulted about it.
That's the best new idea I've heard all day! :clap: