Days for Mother Earth.

"The International Mother Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22nd (tomorrow) to 'raise global public awareness to the challenges to the well-being of the planet and all the life it supports'." UN. Which means reducing the use of plastics and fossil fuels, stopping the destruction of forests by mining and agriculture, stopping poaching of wild animals and protecting natural ponds and lakes. In India around one billion people "lack money to spend on any discretionary goods or services," and "The country's consuming class, effectively the potential market for start-ups or business owners, is only about as big as Mexico, about 130-140 million people, according to the report from Bloom Ventures." BBC. That is an enormous vote bank  (wikipedia) for politicians to ignore. If all these people are to buy cars, fridges and air-conditioners, India's use of fossil fuels will soar. India's "Coal-powered electricity output was 115 terawatt hours (TWh) in January 2024, a new high," while "Emissions from coal generation in January hit 104.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). Reuters. Although "The share of coal in India's total power generation capacity dipped below 50% in the first quarter of 2024," and "renewable energy accounted for 71.5% of the record 13,669 megawatts (MW) power generation capacity added by India." ET. "Over 50% of 3-wheelers, about 5% of two-wheelers and 2% of cars bought in 2024 are EVs (electric vehicles)." And "India is on track to become the largest EV market by 2030." IBEF. "In 2023, EV sales neared 14 million, meaning that 1 in 5 cars sold was electric. Of these, 60% were in China, 25% in Europe and 10% in the US, with three markets adding up to 95% of the total." India should "establish a more realistic policy of 50% EV adoption by 2040," wrote Narayan Ramachandran. Vaclav Smil writes that "it is worth remembering that electricity accounts for only 18% of global energy consumption. Indeed, most energy produced is consumed in the production of what Smil calls the four pillars of civilisation: cement, steel, plastics and ammonia," wrote Vivek Kaul. "India should not repeat the mistakes made by Western countries," because, in the UK, "the inflation-adjusted electricity price in the country, weighted across households and Industry, has tripled from 2003 to 2023. By comparison, the US electricity price has remained almost unchanged over the same period," wrote Bjorn Lomborg. Delhi is full of VIPs and VVIPs who refuse to share our roads with us causing long traffic jams as police block roads to allow them free passage. In one such jam, "An estimated 46,000 liters of fuel was consumed while vehicles idled." ET. India's population of 1.46 billion (worldometer) need land for living and to grow food. "A 300-megawatt solar project needs over 900 acres," wrote Sayantan Bera. The only way to save Mother Earth is to drastically reduce the number of human beings. Otherwise, Mother Earth has only days to live on her day. And so have we.