... generate the electricity to recharge EV batteries. It is much more efficient to control air pollution from a single power plant rather than from many individual automobiles. Electric vehicles with cleaner air as a byproduct, will improve the air quality especially in heavily congested areas such as New York and Los Angeles. With ... in the atmosphere. The emissions that come out of a vehicle depend greatly on the fuel that goes into it. Consequently, programs to control air toxics pollution have centered around changing fuel composition as well as around improving vehicle technology or ...

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... resource to be depleted. This stresses the need for an alternate energy source to power automobiles, and the redesign of the combustion engine to use this new energy source. Pollution of the air from fossil fuels is a problem that society has been aware of for quite some time. The Environmental Protection Agency reports "carbon monoxide results from incomplete combustion of fuel and ... domestically, this offers the potential for dramatically reducing the $50 billion the U.S. spends annually for imported oil. In addition, there is an opportunity to reduce the health costs of urban air p...

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... environment and ecology are astounding. On a daily basis we continue to dump contaminates and pollutants into the atmosphere that will remain in the air for years to come. Sadly enough, most of us don't even know about this pollution because the effects are not immediately visible. For instance, a latency period of as much as thirty years after exposure to a toxic agent ... for money. However, the collateral damage of this love or obsession is virtually invisible. Consequently, mobile sources contribute significantly to air pollution. On a daily basis thousands of cars line the roads in...

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... automakers: Start producing vehicles that are kinder to gods creation and we will urge the faithful to buy them." (Porretto 3D) pollution produced from internal combustion engines powered by petroleum-based fuels. These engines "emit significant amounts of air pollutants, air toxins, and carbon dioxide. The health effects of these pollutants range from headaches to serious respiratory damage such as lung cancer" ( ... gasoline, but it would also have greater fuel efficiency. Many companies have already converted to the natural gas aspect of internal combustion engines due to their gaine...

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... processes that produce electricity or other forms of energy. Emissions can be produced by heat, light or even by smell. Emissions that are produced by humans are largely responsible for air pollution, climate change, and the increasingly poor health of people around the world. Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, halocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride are some greenhouse gases related to climate ... energy (Halderman Automotive 49). Vehicles move by way of mechanical energy produced by the engine. In the combustion process and by fuel evaporation, a vehicle takes part in environmental po...

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... treating exhaust gases, and require oil refiners to produces a low-sulfur diesel fuel required for anti-pollution devices. An EPA administrator announced last August two, cost-effective clean air programs that reduce pollution from diesel engine. The new standards will provide a long term improvements in the nation's air quality. The agency said "both new diesel programs, one, a final emission reduction standard for all diesel ... and lost workdays, according to the government." The diesel fuel used in off-road equipment has a high-sulfur contain of 3,000 parts per million that clogs an...

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Currently most cars run of fossil fuels such as diesel and gasoline and produce 25% to 75% of the chemicals that pollute the air. Fossil fuels release hydrocarbons like carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide when they are combusted. "Carbon dioxide accounts for over 80% of ... been faced with the challenge to build more fuel-efficient cares. All new vehicles must meet federal emission standards but the older the vehicle the more pollution it produces. Automakers must conform to the laws and have responding by producing different vehicles like an electric and hybrid cars. The human perception of ...

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... gasoline are burned each and every day. At first glance, this seems like an efficient energy source, but upon closer consideration, it becomes obvious that the cost "pollution--dramatically overshadows the benefits. The outdated technology of the internal combustion engine, the apparatus used to convert this "magic liquid- into energy, is the sole culprit responsible for ... perfect, the process of controlled explosion produces various harmful emissions "most notably Hydrocarbons, Carbon monoxide, and Nitrogen Oxides. Hydrocarbons, which are toxic and carcinogenic, escape into the air ...

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... times after this, automotive manufacturers have built new hybrid cars to combat crises such as the oil crisis of 1973 and the surge of air pollution in the 1990's. It wasn't until the year 2000 that the world understood the tremendous possibilities of this new line of cars and ... generation of electric cars will help the world improve the polluted environment, decrease the risk of lung cancer due to the toxins in the air, and help the economy by using a cost effective energy source. This dependence on the internal combustion engine is costing us in these several ... helping to clean th...

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... and recover the energy used to slow down or stop a vehicle. Fuel cells generate electricity through an electrochemical reaction that combines hydrogen with ambient air. Pure hydrogen or any fossil fuel that has been "reformed" can be used to produce a hydrogen-rich gas. Methanol is a common fuel ... to 50%, relatively high in comparison to the 20%-25% efficiency of standard gasoline engines. Battery-powered vehicles give off virtually no pollution and offer one of the best options for reducing motor vehicle emissions in polluted cities. Power plants that produce electricity do pollute. ....

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... of the viewer, in fact this is the backbone of the documentary. As the funeral scene ends, the audience is shown a montage of clips each showing pollution. A scene of a busy highway, a smoggy metropolis city scape, a tail pipe emitting copious amounts of smoke. The scenes are very effective and really ... grab the viewer. While the montage is going, a authoritative sounding announcer goes through many different facts about smoke and pollution levels in California's most densely populated regions, all the while building the association in the viewers minds that it is a direct result of ca...

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... anything from trains to ships. More recently, "biomass fired steam power has been used to generate electricity [which] can have numerous environmental and air-quality advantages over burning fossil fuels" (How Biomass Energy Works"). But biomass has other uses than just the generation of electricity, it can also ... very nature of biomass energy requires that it be burned and even if the organic material is low-carbon, it will still emit some pollution and carbon emissions. Another disadvantage is that biomass is neither as economical nor efficient as the burning of fossil fuels. In othe...

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... size of hybrid cars. People who drive gasoline powered cars can only gain good mileage from there cars by the manner which they drive their car. This is due to air drag and other technical issues that deal with cars but the thing is that hybrid cars already have this advantage due to the use of both batteries and gasoline in ... most critical times of driving a car, this brings about very low emissions in which helps our environment, something that is lacking from most gasoline. A well designed hybrid can reduce smog pollution by 90% or more compared with the cleanest conventional vehic...

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... chemical element or compound can serve as a catalyst or inhibitor of the hydrogen oxidation reaction. Illusion of tungsten melting could be easily created with side reactions. Hydrogen improperly burned in air creates polluting nitrogen oxides. University of Stanford (May 2000, WWW) argues that although some nitrogen compounds may also be produced and may have to be controlled the main problem of ... enough for industry use. Hydrogen creates severe and largely unresolved safety issues. This is one of the main problems of hydrogen as a power source, it forms a high explosive mixture with...

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