There’s a huge vested interest as Governments make a lot of money from fossil fuels and taxes on those products so they’re not about to spend huge sums of money to cut themselves off from one of their major sources of income. The fact is that with the technology available and with enough time, money and tenacity we could cut our current levels of pollution by as much as 70%. That’s huge. The reasons we’re not – little interest, laziness and people not believing we need to.
More than half of the world’s population live in cities and as such the changes need to start here. Most industry pollution can also be traced back to these cities so if they started the ball rolling then we’d see levels of pollution across the globe plummet. It wouldn’t be a quick process, we’re looking at around 20 years for a drop of 30 percent but any progress as this point would be a good thing!
As with all big changes, it has to start with a smaller change. It will take individuals deciding that they want or even need to stop the levels of pollution rising even further to make the change globally. Governments will sway with their populations but it’s down to you, the individual to start that ball rolling so what are you waiting for?