With the approving of the Environmental 2011-2020 plan in Barcelona, the government has asked for new measures to reduce the pollution in the city and the sea. Some of the measures that will be taken are the following: More taxi stop zones will be built in order to reduce roaming and idling cars, the amount of fuel and residues spilt into the Mediterranean will be regulated and taxed more profoundly and the loading and unloading of goods onto vehicles will be performed by electric engines. Another big project in the plan includes the total electrification of the Barcelona Bay. As it is, big ships like cruises spill tons upon tons of litres into the Mediterranean. With the electrification of the bay, these huge ships would be able to run on electricity while they are docked in town. This would highly reduce the pollution of the sea surrounding the Catalan area, as Barcelona is the major port city in Cataluña.
I believe that Barcelona should not be the only city taking measures and formulating plans to reduce pollution. It is a complicated problem indeed, but problems are there to be solved and therefore every city, or better, every country should be trying to reduce pollution.
If we don’t start now, the consequences on the environment will be irreversible and then we shall regret not have doing what had to be done in the right time.
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