Scientists believe that in order to protect the environment, people must use less energy in their daily lives. However, most people have not changed the way they live. Why do you think many people have not taken individual action? What could be done to encourage them to take action?

The development of human civilization has negatively impacted and is still impacting the world we live in. Environmentalists have advised on judicious power consumption as a measure to reduce the imminent disaster in

sight but

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sight, but

all efforts

seems

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seem

to yield little results from the populace.

This

is perhaps because they are not fully aware of the effects of their actions on our planet or maybe it is due to the lack of economical alternatives in the market. Many citizens are yet to modify the way they live with regards to

energy

use due to the lack of adequate awareness about the issues they would face in the future. The government of the day has not set up strict regulations to monitor

energy

consumption.

In addition

, the lack of affordable alternatives is another contributing factor to

this

non- challant attitude towards the

environment

. The alternative environmentally friendly

energy

sources are quite expensive and out of reach to the common man so the available becomes the desirable

afterall

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after all

the effects on the planet is not immediate.

For example

, using LED light as compared to traditional yellow light would save more

mega watts

a unit of power equal to one million watts

megawatts

of electricity but unfortunately they are

unaffordable

to the majority of the masses. People can be encouraged to conserve

energy

by making the alternative green source of

energy

accessible to all sections of the society.

In addition

, scientists should collaborate with the government in enlightening the public on the need to protect the

environment

as well as the consequences of not obliging. Results from a recent study involving students from all backgrounds to check their response to a video on the direct impact of increased

energy

consumption on the

environment

showed that 90% of the students started turning off their light when not in use.

This

shows that if more illustrative and impacting awareness programs are published frequently by the media, the people may soon begin to reduce their usage of

energy

. In conclusion, in order to have an inhabitable earth to live in, we must all become more environmentally responsible and

this

can be achieved through mass education and provision of

environment

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environmentally

friendly

energy

alternatives.