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Preventing CO2 Emissions

 
According to the United Nations, industrial manufacturing contributed 18.5% to the total carbon dioxide released in 2004. The textile industry constitutes a significant portion of that figure. It's an enormous figure that cannot be ignored.  According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the American textile industry is the fifth-largest CO2 contributor after metals, nonmetallic mineral products, petroleum and chemicals. While that's a significant number, the textile industry is even more prominent in the developing world. With other industries still polluting and no convenient solution to pollution emitted from automobiles, we have to do something.  Thankfully, it's not a lost cause!

Synthetic fibers, the vast majority of textiles produced today, require massive amounts of energy to produce.  Cotton, albeit to a lesser degree, also requires a lot of water and energy to cultivate and process, and uses large doses of pesticides and other chemicals.  These trends and practices only contribute to the worldwide pollution pool.  Carbon dioxide is literally poisoning the air we breathe. 

Carbon Dioxide emission is often cited as a prime concern and culprit in global warming.  The "carbon footprint" for a T-shirt, for example, is nearly 20 times its own weight!  The main contributor to climate change is, indeed, CO2.  Global warming is believed to be affecting not only global and regional temperatures, but causing adverse weather conditions, melting the polar ice caps and evaporating our fresh water supplies. 

If each person is estimated to contribute nearly 19.8 tons of CO2 emissions per year, isn't it time we did something about it? 

Reuse and recycle your old clothes.  Find trendy and affordable styles in second-hand clothing shops around the nation.  Let's not be wasteful.  We've already wasted enough!