Fuel vs Electric Cars

- The fossil fuels necessary to power gas cars will be gone in 80-100 years

o 40% more than previously thought a few years ago

o Major cities covered in smog (LA especially)

o LA violated current standard 49 days in 2002

o 2010 Federal Smog Standards- reduce emissions by 530 tons per day

o California- Zero emissions policy originally set for 2007, now pushed back

o Children most susceptible to this type of pollution

Also cutting back on factory and household pollution, but vehicle emissions are the main focus

In 1990, when CA started zero emission policy, General Motors began $1 billion

- It is, few people are willing to pay for these cars and government cannot and will not shoulder the cost

- We want to protect the environment, control pollution

Necessity is the mother of invention, as fossil fuels run out we’ll come up with something

- they are decades away from being mass produced

Combine electric motor and gasoline engine- motor used for acceleration and low speeds, engine used for highway driving, both used during regular speed and local driving

Some topics in this essay:
CONCLUSION- Gasoline, Hybrid SUV/HEV, California- Zero, ECONOMIC ISSUES-, Gasoline Cars, Standard Protect, PROS- Environmentally, Smog Standards-, , Civic Hybrid, fuel cells, electric cars, $1 electric, protect environment, hybrid cars, standard protect, fossil fuels, electric car, gasoline cars, willing pay,