... which are more often than not, lacking effective solutions. One such crisis is the damage resulting from high vehicle emissions of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide. Current aims of vehicle emissions regulations are primarily focused on the reduction of carbon monoxide (CO) emissions with a secondary focus on the reduction of hydrocarbons (HC) and nitrogen oxides (NO). The main ... " pollution control. In 1975, resulting from EPA intervention, automobile manufacturers were successful in designing more environmentally sound vehicles with the advent of the ...

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... that automobiles cause not only damages our health, but also changes our climate (http://www.soton.ac.uk). Carbon monoxide emitted from automobiles contribute to the changing of climate by oxidizing to carbon dioxide, and while doing so, slows down the decay of methane (CH4), a powerful greenhouse gas (http://www ... activity in the area (http://www.nrdc.org). Besides, it's effect on the world's climate, it is also very dangerous to people. Carbon monoxide (CO) is often considered the most deadly of automobile emissions, because it prevents our bodies from carrying oxygen throughout our b...

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... greenhouse gases from the exhaust of automobiles. While carpooling and mass transit alleviate traffic congestion, they do not address the fact that cars are producing dangerous levels of poisonous gas. Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, trace amounts of methane, and various types of nitrogen oxide compounds. New models of cars have been designed to handle other fuels, natural gas and bio-diesel, in the ... costs, on average, one-third less than conventional gasoline at the pump [ngc]."" Natural gas can reduce exhaust emissions by cutting: Carbon monoxide (CO) by 70 percent Non-methane org...

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... the internal combustion engine, or ICE, is due strictly to one concern, air quality. The world's population is booming and cars are polluting the world's cities, dumping large amounts of carbon dioxide and other climate-altering greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and cons! uming vast quantities of petroleum (Sperling 1995). Now is the time for the solution, the electric car. Development of ... are responsible for about half of all urban air pollution. Today's vehicles powered by gasoline and diesel fuels emit the vast majority of carbon monoxide, half of the hydrocarbon and nitrogen ...

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... estimated to get 50-66 miles per gallon. Its range is predicted to be about 800 miles on a single tank. Prius? most predominant feature besides cost is that it reduces carbon dioxide emissions almost 50%. Even the army realizes the need for electric vehicles. Their reasons are different but the result is the same. The US army has developed a hybrid as well ... ...

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