Man-made gases

Man-made gases

Lately The Jakarta Post has featured many excellent articles
about air pollution. Clearly, both Earth's atmosphere and its
inhabitants are choking on man-made gases. Here are some basic
solutions to consider:

* teach environmentalism.

* end the destruction of Indonesia's beautiful rain forests:
refuse tree-clearing and export of wood products. Become a leader
in the global market for alternative paper sources, such as
tapioca.

* ban all burning of garbage; increase garbage collection; and
help make recycling a competitive industry.

* enforce pollution controls for factories.

* work towards the elimination of fossil fuel burning engines,
by using more electric vehicles, subways, and trains; and require
emission controls for vehicles already in use.

* discontinue the sale of leaded petrol, and reduce the use of
petroleum-based fertilizers.

* Plant trees.

The Jakarta Post is to be commended for lending its Tuesday
feature pages to the environment. Though it is unfortunate that
the environment does not get our attention every day.

DYLAN CLARK

Bandung, West Java