You Choose!
Tjiauw Erlyn Jayadi, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia
In Indonesia, the number of vehicle keeps increasing each year. According to Data Korps Lalu Lintas Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia( Indonesian National Police’ s Traffic Corps Data), there are more than 114,7 million cars & motorbikes actively operated in Indonesia. Many people choose to use their private vehicle instead of the public transportation. People don’ t know that a bus emits 23 g CO 2 / pkm( gram of CO 2 per person kilometers), a motorbike emits 153 g CO 2 / pkm, and a car emits 191 g CO 2 / pkm. The higher CO 2 emissions from the vehicle contribute in the climate change. It wreaks havoc on the environment, lifestyle, and health.
CO 2 is considered as a component of the air pollutant, which means that can determine the air quality. Long exposure of poor air quality may cause respiratory diseases like asthma, bronchitis, and cancer. The high emissions of CO 2 also cause the day gets hotter. The hot weather makes people tend to be lazier to move their body and do physical activity which is one of the risk factor of obesity. In the end, it will make a cycle where people will not be able to choose environment-friendly transportation and make the climate change even worsen day by day.
Don’ t you want to enjoy fresh air, outdoor physical activity, and healthy life?
So now, you choose! Your choice today, your health tomorrow!
Source:
1. http:// www. bps. go. id / linkTableDinamis / view / id / 1133 2. http:// shrinkthatfootprint. com / shrink-your-travel-footprint 3. http:// www. who. int / globalchange / resources / country-profiles / PHE-country-profile-
Indonesia. pdf? ua = 1 4. http:// www. who. int / mediacentre / news / releases / 2015 / reducing-climate-pollutants / en /
Authors:
1. Tjiauw Erlyn Jayadi erlynjayadi @ gmail. com + 6281336464512
2. Raehani Ajeng Prabaswaratna Nindyasti raehani. ajeng @ gmail. com + 6281233867528