Alexey Kuznetsov Farnaz Karimian Pathway III 30 Oct 2014 Cars Cars. We cannot imagine modern world without them. They are everywhere, in every as-pect of our life. We use them for shopping, getting to work, and just for entertainment. Today you will not be considered a successful person without a car. But on the other hand our obsession with automobiles is killing us. That is right, every day we slowly kill ourselves and whole world around us. Why? Because cars, along with industrial buildings and power plants are producing the highest amount of pollution. Since 2010 number of automobiles in the world went over 1 bil-lion units. Concentration of carbon dioxide had increased from approximately 200 ppmv to 400 ppmv for the last 200 years, which is higher than in previous millennia. This statistics alone show that we are overusing our motorised vehicles. So is there a way to avoid such high carbon dioxide emissions? Is there any alternative for our petrol-powered assistants? Yes, there is! Our possible salvation are so-called “ Green” cars. Basically, these are vehicles that running on a different type of fuel.Hydrogen, electricity, biodiesel, and hybrid are the most popular of them. But, regardless of their noble cause to help the environment, eco-cars are not exactly popular. Only 4-6% of all cars sold in 2013 are electric cars, and about 18% were hybrid cars. But what is the reason for that? How to encourage customers of certain age groups to buy eco-friendly vehicles? To
We all know that the Global Warming is a serious issue to be addressed. This is the right time to realize the importance of eco-friendly products to save the earth from global warming and its ill effects. Unfortunately the automobile emissions are the second largest contributors for the green house gases.
First, cars pollute the environment. In 2012 the EPA reported that a whopping 28% of emissions came from transportation. As it says in the article “Running off the Road”, by Grover Kingsley, “With their largely petroleum based fuel, cars constantly spew carbon monoxide into the air.” We are responsible for the
Every day, millions of Americans turn on the engines of their cars and drive to school or work. What these people do not realize is that the vehicles they operate greatly pollute the planet. According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent website post, “Environmental Impacts from Automobiles”,
Cars and truck account for 20% of all U.S. global warming emissions, where more than 24 pounds per gallon of carbon dioxide and other global warming gases come right out of the car’s tailpipe (“Union of Concerned scientists”). This frightening statistic is part of the reason why the federal government has put in place many policies and incentives such as the Clean Air Act, The National Program for greenhouse gas emissions, Catalytic Converter Federal Laws, and incentives of $12,000 in California to get people to upgrade to more fuel-efficient cars. With such programs and incentives put in places, it is also important that car companies such as Toyota and Ford also take action to further cut pollution rates. They have done so by
Climate change and transportation play a big role and it is important to be concerned for our future generations. The use of gasoline cars is a major producer in carbon dioxide emissions, although they are not entirely responsible for it—they play a role in it. Other form of transportations like buses and taxis also contribute to carbon dioxide emissions. The total amount of carbon dioxide emissions from an average car is seventy six percent which comes from usage of a vehicle containing gasoline. Efficiency has increased by twenty percent in regards to electric motors, especially when it comes to their wheels using no power when the car is at rest. Car ownership will increase and with this, improvements in technology could be a vital
For over one hundred years, people have been driving automobiles nearly everywhere they go. From the grocery store, to work, to school, cars are used as transportation all around the world. However, many people have been asking themselves the same pressing question: Is the modern-day car still beneficial, or does it hurt us more than help us? The answer is clear. Today’s automobile is no longer worth the cost to our bills, the risk to our lives, or the damage to our environment.
A particularly vigorous debate within the topic of sustainability involves the automobile and its future. Compared to other sources of environmental degradation, the automobile is relatively young. That said, automobiles powered by internal combustion engines (ICEs) are one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gasses. The automobile’s proliferation, while not complete across all levels of income, is extremely thorough in geographic terms.
Times are changing faster now than ever before. Innovation has become constant and seems to even be imperative to the way we live presently. We have become so focused on making our lives, as humans, easier, more efficient and more enjoyable that we have looked beyond the harm it causes to the rest of our world and to our future selves. Transportation innovation is a great example of this speculation. The invention of the first gas-powered automobile took off and soon after its debut cars gained exponential popularity. Cars enabled individual transportation to the world, in a convenient, fast and cost-efficient manner. But, it is obvious to us, now, that cars have caused a multitude of problems. The first issue
These fuels can take multiple shapes and forms, from coal to gas to oil. As the primary sources for fuel, fossil fuels run nearly everything, ranging from houses to vehicles to electricity. Unfortunately, this would explain why fossil fuels hold a responsibility for human-caused climate change, as they power a significant number of GHG emitting methods of transportation. When it comes to climate change, transportation has appeared to have a massive impact. Based on reports in 2013 from the US Environmental Protection Agency, or the EPA, transportation has created 27% of the emissions, next to electricity at 31%. Despite not contributing the largest amount of emissions, the category, according to the EPA, has increased further than any other sector from 1990 to 2013. Of the subcategories in transportation, lightweight vehicles have appeared to emit the majority of the greenhouse gases at 60%. This sector is rivaled only by medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles at 23%. In addition to the different fossil fuels that emit GHGs in the atmosphere, different types of gases are used. The leading gas is carbon dioxide, or CO2, with a whopping 96% of the emissions. The closest competitor is hybrid-fiber coaxials at 3%, based on the EPA’s reports. In addition, different types of transportation have appeared to affect the environment in different ways. In the sector of automobiles, the climate could be affected in different categories, from
Global Warming is a topic of interest in today’s world and ways that we could cut back our carbon footprint. Electrical vehicles are vehicles that use electricity to power the motors in order to run. Electrical vehicles are thought to be one of the solutions to greenhouse gases and global warming. While electric vehicles tend to produce pollution at times from their backup motors, electrical cars depend on a fuel source that doesn’t originate from burning fossil fuels, which produces fewer greenhouse gases and cuts back on oil consumption. Electric Vehicles are starting to replace combustion engine vehicles, and some towns are using smaller electric vehicles in their own Public Safety, Parks, and Water departments. Greenhouse gases should be cut back by electrical vehicles, and fear for their lives.
In the past century, cars and trucks have turned from objects of desire into a person’s basic needs. After factories, automobiles are the biggest air polluters of America. Air pollution is a
For over many decades man has come up with way to get from point A to point B .
The push for green cars comes from people looking for ways to lessen their impact on the environment and become less dependent on oil. The research into alternative and more efficient energy is ongoing, but there is technology available for those who are willing to help. At the individual level, personal automobiles are one of the easiest ways for people to help with the movement. As more people are becoming informed and taking action, companies are feeling pressure from the government and customers to make changes. The change process has been relatively slow and not all countries feel passionate about making changes. In Greece, the change has been slow to sell more green cars. Our consulting group has been assigned
The Industrial Revolution was the spearhead for several generations of heavy pollution. The engines that are being used to make work easier emit large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2). The Earth 's atmosphere is designed to handle a fair amount of carbon dioxide, but in the past century people have produced much more than it can manage. Global warming has become a recurring topic in many news stories since the late 1990 's. With the spotlight on emission control vehicle manufacturers have started designing much more fuel efficient engines. Hybrid vehicles that use both an internal combustion engine and an electric power source have become highly popular amongst commuters. According to the Washington Post, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has required the U.S auto-fleet to average 54.5 mpg by the year 2025 (Eilperrin). This will put a lot of pressure on engineers to make an engine that has a high output and is efficient. It is vital that something is done about the vast amount of pollution that is plaguing the world. If we continue destroying the environment at our current rate, there is only a number of decades left in our future.
Automobiles are a major producer of greenhouse gas. One gallon of fuel burned puts five pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Let’s say that an average car gets 25 miles to the gallon, and that car has a ten gallon tank. Every time a car gets filled up with gas, another fifty pounds of carbon dioxide have been put back into the atmosphere, and that is just one car. The automobile industry is very important to the world economy, so I am not saying that we should stop making cars, but there are other solutions. The recent trend of hybrid electric cars that get up to fifty miles to the gallon are becoming more popular. Also public transportation is very important. City dwellers that live downtown, do not need to drive their cars to work. Every major city has a form of public transportation that can get anyone around the city, and for that gallon of gas a bus burns the same five pounds reaches the atmosphere, but instead of one