Save the world; All you need to do is just decide

The message that our planet is speaking is very clear. Human being is in great risk facing extinction. This is the guaranteed result if we keep our current routines and if we do not stop damaging our world.

Message was addressed in many forums and international events. But at the end, leaders decisions is not expected to be a magic which change our world. But human act will be.

Thinking about how complicated is the challenge and the too many actions that shall be taken to success; sorry but to survive; I would like to send a message and start by myself using my experience to share with clear action plan. Accordingly I will take about Electricity and share some critical points that need focus which contain very easy decisions which contribute a lot to the human being survive.

One of the top actions is to stop the global warming. From electrical point of view we have to change the infrastructure from GIS using SF6 to eco efficient solutions. Many experts will advocate the value added by using SF6 based on its insulation characteristics and how great space saving benefits it offers compared to air solutions. Please take care; you are addressing the value of using GIS not SF6 !!! So what is the difference? The answer is there is great difference. When you buy GIS you are not spending money to have GIS or SF6 but you spend money for value which is compact solution. Here we go... SF6 is just the traditional approach innovated decades back for that value. But many year back and given the negative consequences on environment using SF6, innovations started driven by the need for alternative solution that achieve that value; compact solution; and at the same time avoid such negative SF6 consequences. The result that many companies of the technology leaders around the world already introduced their eco efficient solutions that is compact and environmental friendly. As an example, ABB introduced Airplus GIS replacing SF6 GIS. All of these solutions are fully type tested to the international standard IEC proving its ready to use in the market. Even installed base has started years and now every company has its installed base and ABB has too many success stories in that. For more information about that you can visit www.abb.com.

So what do you want to do to stop SF6? Do you want budgets or great decisions???? Actually non of that. All you want to do is to say no to any SF6 SWG and ask the supplier to offer eco efficient GIS. That is all you need to do. Yes it is that simple.

Mostafa Khater

Product Manager; ABB