‘Three-nos’ call to help save energy

No cars, no lifts and no air conditioning.

These are the three “nos” the State Council has told civil servants to go without today, as part of an ongoing week-long national energy-saving drive.

“All of us are urged to leave our cars at home on Tuesday,” said Zhou Qing, a spokesman with the National Development and Reform Commission, yesterday.
In Zhou’s office in western downtown Beijing, posters with slogans such as “please walk up stairs to keep fit and save energy” adorn the walls beside the lifts.

And temperatures will rise in the offices of the nation’s top economic planning authority today, as the air conditioning shuts down for the day. “We hope our individual actions will help solve China’s energy shortage,” said Zhou.

China’s nearly 7 million public servants reportedly use almost 5 per cent of the country’s annual electricity consumption enough to meet the demands of 780 million farmers.

China Daily