History | Objectives of Organizing The EXPO | Facts and The Figures of Thailand International Motor Expo
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Concept of MOTOR EXPO 2008
Driving… for Sustainability
• Global warming, or rising average global surface temperature every year, is becoming the worst “crisis” that mankind has to face in the near future.
The damaging effects of global warming have begun to emerge continually as intense storms, melting of icecaps and glaciers that endanger polar fauna, extreme heat waves, severe droughts, forest fires and spread of diseases in almost every part of the world.
The main cause of global warming is the increasing atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases comprising carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbon, perfluorocarbon and sulphur hexafluoride including chlorofluorocarbons or CFC, released in great quantities without control by factories, air-conditioners and auto cars, that deplete the ozone layer and trap heat in the lower atmosphere like a giant glass house.
Hope of mitigating global warming lies in an international treaty called the “Montreal Protocol” which specified that the production of CFC had to be eliminated from 1996 and the “Kyoto Protocol” which calls for the Parties to the Protocol to lower greenhouse effects averaged over the period of 2008-2012 by 8%.
The two Protocols signify that it is the “Obligation” of every human being to “Stop” the intensification of global warming.
In any event, one of the important targets of the Kyoto Protocol is reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from all kinds of vehicles. Automakers all over the world, as alleged culprits of the problem, have thus turned round to shake hands in taking positive actions to curb global warming.
Beginning in 1996 the European Union Member States made a joint agreement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from cars from 160 gm/km to only 120 gm/km within the year 2010.
In 1998 ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association) cooperated to develop technology with a target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from cars for markets in the EU to only 140gm/km within 2008.
One year later both JAMA (Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association) and KAMA (Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association) mutually agreed to reduce carbon dioxide emission to 140gm/km within 2009.
As for the CFC, it has been dropped as refrigerant in air-conditioners by auto makers prior to the year 2000.
Therefore, the time frame of about 5 years from now will be an important transition period during which mankind has to care about the use of energy and adjust his lifestyle towards sufficiency, to diminish distressing Mother Nature. Meanwhile, automakers have to expedite their adoption of new technologies to meet the targets in reducing carbon dioxide emissions such as developing hybrid engines—both petrol and diesel, engines for CNG, biofuels and fuel cells. Additionally they will take heed of other aspects that may aggravate global warming like switching to “Green Plastics” to make interior parts to reduce using fossil fuels in the plastic production process, not to mention other modern fuel saving technology like intelligent engine turn off when the vehicle is stationary.
This is the “Obligation” of the human race and an important and challenging “Mission” of world auto makers including the Thai automotive industry. Whence the “25th Motor Expo” is prepared to play a part in the collaboration, by staging a show of new vehicle models developed to curtail global warming vigorously under the concept “Obligation of Mankind to Stop Global Warming”.
Driving… for Sustainability
• Global warming, or rising average global surface temperature every year, is becoming the worst “crisis” that mankind has to face in the near future.
The damaging effects of global warming have begun to emerge continually as intense storms, melting of icecaps and glaciers that endanger polar fauna, extreme heat waves, severe droughts, forest fires and spread of diseases in almost every part of the world.
The main cause of global warming is the increasing atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases comprising carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbon, perfluorocarbon and sulphur hexafluoride including chlorofluorocarbons or CFC, released in great quantities without control by factories, air-conditioners and auto cars, that deplete the ozone layer and trap heat in the lower atmosphere like a giant glass house.
Hope of mitigating global warming lies in an international treaty called the “Montreal Protocol” which specified that the production of CFC had to be eliminated from 1996 and the “Kyoto Protocol” which calls for the Parties to the Protocol to lower greenhouse effects averaged over the period of 2008-2012 by 8%.
The two Protocols signify that it is the “Obligation” of every human being to “Stop” the intensification of global warming.
In any event, one of the important targets of the Kyoto Protocol is reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from all kinds of vehicles. Automakers all over the world, as alleged culprits of the problem, have thus turned round to shake hands in taking positive actions to curb global warming.
Beginning in 1996 the European Union Member States made a joint agreement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from cars from 160 gm/km to only 120 gm/km within the year 2010.
In 1998 ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association) cooperated to develop technology with a target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from cars for markets in the EU to only 140gm/km within 2008.
One year later both JAMA (Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association) and KAMA (Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association) mutually agreed to reduce carbon dioxide emission to 140gm/km within 2009.
As for the CFC, it has been dropped as refrigerant in air-conditioners by auto makers prior to the year 2000.
Therefore, the time frame of about 5 years from now will be an important transition period during which mankind has to care about the use of energy and adjust his lifestyle towards sufficiency, to diminish distressing Mother Nature. Meanwhile, automakers have to expedite their adoption of new technologies to meet the targets in reducing carbon dioxide emissions such as developing hybrid engines—both petrol and diesel, engines for CNG, biofuels and fuel cells. Additionally they will take heed of other aspects that may aggravate global warming like switching to “Green Plastics” to make interior parts to reduce using fossil fuels in the plastic production process, not to mention other modern fuel saving technology like intelligent engine turn off when the vehicle is stationary.
This is the “Obligation” of the human race and an important and challenging “Mission” of world auto makers including the Thai automotive industry. Whence the “25th Motor Expo” is prepared to play a part in the collaboration, by staging a show of new vehicle models developed to curtail global warming vigorously under the concept “Obligation of Mankind to Stop Global Warming”.
