““I’m focusing on energy conservation; where are you?” Reflections on Energy Conservation in Petrochemical 203

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This post was last edited by Yitailonger on 2016-5-7 at 15:01. The activity organized by the Petrochemical Region is truly excellent; it will surely receive support from fellow sailors who have a sense of social responsibility, as well as strong backing from the forum. Energy conservation – **it’s always being emphasized, but it hasn’t reached a very strict level yet ； Companies have also been saying this, but when faced with other conflicting factors, they often make concessions. When it comes to energy conservation, shouldn’t it be considered from two aspects? On the one hand, measures that can reduce energy consumption while achieving the same production goals should be given priority. This is probably the commonly mentioned definition of energy conservation. On the one hand, production that consumes energy should perhaps be curbed. In other words, is it necessary to have a large amount of production capacity in order to increase GDP? The thoughts at this moment mainly concern the second aspect mentioned above. This should be in line with the \"capacity reduction\" initiative proposed by the central government. It costs ten yuan to buy an item; after bargaining for half a day, the price is reduced by one yuan, so the savings amount to one yuan. If you don’t buy it, you save ten yuan. When driving, try to reduce fuel consumption; it’s not easy to cut it by one liter per 100 kilometers. But if you don’t drive, you might save ten or eight liters. Perhaps some might say that if no one buys things or drives cars, how can economic growth be promoted? This indeed puts **, **, society, and businesses in a dilemma. My question is, is GDP growth really that important? Can’t we grow more slowly, use fewer resources, and leave something behind for future generations? These days, it is common to see a large number of buildings being demolished and rebuilt again; in shopping malls, a great deal of goods fail to sell, and many companies have excess inventory of their products. GDP has grown, but what has it brought to society and to the ordinary people? Of course, we don’t want to return to an era of lack of food and clothing. But we really miss the blue sky and white clouds from our childhood.