Sub-Collector S. Nagalakshmi exhorted school children to contribute their mite in conserving dwindling resources of fossil fuels and this will also help checking the carbon footprint.
She observed that the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change painted a grim picture of the implications of unbridled consumption of petroleum products and it was time the world’s population woke up to the dangers that were lurking in the near future.
She was addressing a programme organized by oil marketing companies, Indian Oil, Hindustan and Bharat Petroleum Corporations and Petroleum Conservation Research Association as part of the Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight here on Wednesday. Ms. Nagalakshmi said that citizens would do well to check their carbon footprint regularly and minimize the usage of finite sources of energy.
By judiciously using petrol and diesel, they would be bringing down the levels of pollution and at the same time, avoid the risk of running out of stock. Fossil fuels were already overexploited to cater to the ever-increasing needs of the people, she observed.
Gas Authority of India Limited General Manager (Hyderabad) C. Satyanarayana said that people no longer had the luxury of using the petroleum products beyond a limit as the sources were depleting very fast. While conserving the fuels, emission norms should be kept in mind to control pollution.
“People have enjoyed enough with the resources available so far. It is time to realize the responsibility in conserving the fuels. In addition to achieving monetary savings, conservation helps in curbing the menace of pollution thereby reduces the intensity of global warming”, Mr. Satyanarayana asserted.
HPCL Chief Installation Manager (Vijayawada) K. Kishore, Senior Regional Manager G. Seetaramayya, IOC Deputy General Manager A.C. Ghosh, Chief Divisional Sales Manager (Retail) P. Kumaravel and BPCL Territory Manager (Retail) A. Sivarama Krishnan were present.
