Your Site Generator Hire Does Make a Difference

Date: 30/09/24

It might not have felt like it here in the UK, but summer 2024 was officially the warmest on record. Europe was 1.54°C above the 1991-2020 long term average. Even with the El Nino weather pattern boosting temperatures across the globe, it’s still clear that global warming and climate change are having a significant effect.

Many of Think Hire’s clients ask us what, if anything, we can do to fight climate change and whether our efforts on a local level make any difference on the global scale. The answer of course is yes, as Tesco would say, ‘every little helps’. Your choice of site generator hire does make a difference, and the more of us that make these changes, the more of a difference it will make.

The global picture

It’s easy to think that your site generator hire choice is insignificant on a global scale. After all, figures released recently show that the UK produces just 1.1% of worldwide CO2 emissions. This is far behind China at 37.4%, the US at 16% and India at 10.8%.

Our population may be far less than these countries, but we are still producing more CO2 per person than many nations. The UK has 0.85% of the world’s population, but we produce 1.1% of its CO2. We are ranked 21st in the world for population, but 17th in the world for emissions.

To make matters worse, if you look at the UK’s cumulative emissions, dating back to the mid-nineteenth century, you see that the UK’s contribution to climate change is even more significant. In the last two centuries, the UK has added 4.45% of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere, significantly more than our relative population size.

More important than ever

It is easy to look at these figures and wonder just what is the point of working to reduce the CO2 emissions on your construction site. With the US, Russia, China and Brazil all emitting more than double the pollution per person as the UK, and all having significantly larger populations, it can seem futile. A drop in the ocean.

However, the fact that other countries are emitting so much, makes it more important than ever for UK businesses to do all they can to reduce their contribution to global warming. Every decision on site generator hire, and every electric vehicle or site machine chosen instead of a diesel version, makes a difference, and those small differences add up to a significant contribution to the fight against climate change.

Think Hire are here to help

Here at Think Hire, we’ve been leading the way on low carbon alternatives for years. Our innovative solartainer is an efficient and effective way to power your site using clean, renewable solar energy. Just changing your site generator hire to the solartainer will not only cut your emission to almost zero, it will also cut your noise pollution and more importantly, cut your running costs too.

You don’t need any complex installation to switch your site generator hire to solar, because as the name suggests, the solartainer is container-based so it can be transported to anywhere you need it, and set up in minutes ready to power your site. Think Hire can also supply all the ancillaries you need to maximise your solar energy use, including tool charging stations, vehicle and plant charging points and much more.

As global temperatures continue to rise, we can no longer hide behind other countries, blaming them for their emissions while doing nothing about our own. We all have a role to play in protecting the future, and you can start right now by calling Think Hire to discuss your site generator hire.

Every change makes a difference, so stop being part of the problem and become part of the solution with clean, green site generator hire from Think Hire.

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