Consuming London from the height of bird flight

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

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Welcome to London — a city that consumes more energy than other European countries. From the height of the bright lights of the financial district, city airport and Docklands seem to be extraordinarily beautiful, but each year London consumes 150 000 GW of energy is more than enough to cover the whole of Ireland, and is equal to the energy consumption of Portugal and Greece.

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

Aerial view of North London. (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

Photographer Jason Hawkes has done night photos of the most famous London sights from a bird's flight. 43% of all carbon dioxide of London comes from a similar commercial buildings. Photo: the neon lights of Piccadilly circus. (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

Despite improved methods of construction and the increase in the number of nuclear power plants, 74% of the total UK electricity still comes from fossil fuel combustion releases into the atmosphere carbon dioxide. He, according to most scholars, greatly accelerates global climate change. Photo: the Royal albert Hall. (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

Seven million to the population of London requires 125 times more land mass to sustain 5.9 tons of carbon dioxide consumed by a single resident per year. On the photo: Stratford and Olympic Park. (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

But there is good news for the environment – despite the growth of London over the last decade, energy consumption has fallen. Now produced 44.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, which is 1% less than it was in the 90s. On the photo: the tower "the Gherkin" and Heron tower. (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

Under construction skyscraper "Shard London Bridge" in the city area. (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

The same skyscraper for a closer look. (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

The company Swiss Re is in the building, which Londoners call the "Gherkin". (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

The Wembley stadium during a football match. (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

Night Wembley stadium. (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

London eye Ferris wheel. (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

Olympic Park at night. (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

Night St. Paul's Cathedral. (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

City and North London night. (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

Piccadilly circus at night. (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Consuming London from the height of bird flight

City on the other side of the river Thames. (Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media)

Keywords: Britain | City | London | From a height | Electricity

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