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Prometheus in the Environment

Prometheus and Climate Change

We recognise that:

• The atmosphere is very thin: half of all the breathable air lies less than 3 miles above our heads.
• Our use of fossil fuels is very recent: 100 years ago, there were only 4000 cars. The first commercial jet ticket was sold only 50 years ago. Now, there are 600,000,000 motor vehicles in the world, and we take 4,000,000,000 passenger flights each year
• The amount of CO2 we are releasing into our very thin atmosphere is thus vast- we burn 100 tonnes of coal, 3 million cubic feet of gas, and 180,000 litres of oil a second
• Trees take up CO2. But we destroyed half the world's forests in the last 50 years, and the area of 20 football pitches is lost each minute. The lost vegetation adds nearly 2 billion tonnes of CO2 to the atmosphere each year.
• CO2 levels, stable for well over 1000 years, are rising fast - going up from 280 ppm to 390 ppm in only 50 years or so
• This CO2 acts like the glass in a greenhouse - letting light in, and trapping the heat around the earth
• The world's temperature is rising fast - and there is no doubt that our 'greenhouse gas production' is causing this
• If we continue in this way over even the next 4 years, the consequences are dire for the next 50 years on our planet. Between 40% and 92% of species may become extinct. Resource wars will be fought. Mass migration on a massive scale will occur. Crops will fail. Economies will collapse. Human civilisation - and even survival - is threatened within our lifetimes, and those of our children.

As a responsible company, we must do all we can to prevent this happening.

Sources: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007
Tindale Centre2006
Stern Report 2006
Royal United Services Institute, 2007

As a company, we are thus committed to:

• Trying not to use energy, whether this means not switching on a light, or avoiding flights abroad wherever possible
• Using the lowest energy options - whether this means low energy light bulbs or, where practical, using a coach or train rather than a car, cycling to work, or vehicle sharing
• Switching to a green energy provider
• Buying locally where we can
• Trying to select supply chains and partners with the same ethos of corporate social responsibility
• Supporting others in reducing their use of fossil fuels, and their production of greenhouse gases
• Minimising waste and recycling as much of it as we can

Prometheus Medical Ltd.
Tel 01432 276611 Fax 01432 276611 Mob 07917 017551