... conditioning but it has been banned in the USA due to the damaging effect to the ozone layer (SFGate). Hybrid cars have been introduced to the USA in 1999. Hybrid cars differ from gasoline cars in many ways. Standard vehicles run on just gasoline which pollutes the air. A hybrid car is a combination of ... a gasoline powered car and electric powered car. Hybrid cars have an internal combustion engine and a fuel tank including one or more electric motors and a battery pack. They burn gasoline but use their ... for gas was $1.02 and by July 2008 it had increased to $4.02 which is a 294% i...

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... 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 electric cars is that they are impractical because they cannot go far or fast enough to fulfill their everyday commuting needs. A hybrid car, ... on the other hand, is a vehicle that powered by two or more sources. But like most concept cars, it is the public they have to convince that owning one of these will be comparable to what they own today. Fuel cells could create ... because the exhaust that is created is pu...

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... introduced. For example, a DVD player a few years ago was very expensive, and now the prices have dropped drastically. It is the same thing with hydrogen-powered cars. It will be almost impossible for a regular Joe to afford this new car at first, but after a few years most middle class people will own one. ... today and the hydrogen-powered car has been portrayed as a very small vehicle. BMW introduced a hydrogen-powered car that looks exactly like all of its other cars. So, these new vehicles are not going to be extremely tiny. Another thing is that when gas prices skyrocket, many peo...

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... ). Non-renewable energy is becoming scarcer with the population of people in the world. Oil is used to fuel cars, as the cars combust the gasoline, toxins are being put into the environment. In order to keep the pollution rates lower, hybrid cars should be used. Hybrid cars use an alternative energy source to power the car. Instead of using normal fuel to power ... cars, hybrid cars use fossil fuel energy to energize the car. Electric cars have also been introduced to society, but not many people have taken the initiative to ... is stored with multiple rechargeable batteries to power th...

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... more or less as we found it. We owe it to our future generations. But the large scale use of hydrocarbons, especially combustion of petroleum in cars, release green house gases like ca rbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and also unburned hydrocarbons. Today every school kid is aware of the impending apocalypse. The ... fossil fuels. The transportation industry is the greatest consumer of petroleum. Any conservation endeavor will be futile without addressing this sector. The electric cars or the cars running on fuels other than petroleum are not, as yet, economically feasible. Form last ye...

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... rule proposed in August 2012. Under these new regulations finalized on August 28th, automakers must double their average gas mileage of all the new cars and trucks sold in 2025. Therefore, new vehicles in 2025 must average 54.5 miles per gallon under government regulations, which in actuality means ... to manufacture their own natural gas-powered vehicles. "With this added incentive from the government, Toyota, GM, and other carmakers may follow and introduce cars that run on natural gas," said Mitsusige Akino, an employee of Ichiyoshi Investment Management Company. "The market isn't es...

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... the Industrial Revolution brought many new, exciting inventions into our lives to simplify our lives and made them more efficient. Such inventions included cars, household appliances and plants that burn solid waste, fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, and coal, and wood and wood products ... gas concentration, especially of carbon dioxide, is being caused by the combustion of fossil fuels and other human activities. Fossil fuels burned to run cars and trucks, heat homes and businesses, and power factories are responsible for about 98% of the total U.S. emission of carbon dioxide, 24...

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... people are taking a more serious look. A new technology, fuel cell(FC) vehicles, promises clean and efficient travel for the 21st century, and these cars could soon be on the roads of Asia, Europe, and the United states. Fuel cell vehicles can help mitigate these problems through their high efficiency, zero ... 250 and 400 miles before refueling, accelerate from 0-60 miles in less than 12 seconds, and achieve 70-80 miles per gallon. Although these cars cost a few thousand more than the standard car today, the lower costs over time will surly make up for the higher sticker price. Accordi...

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... an non renewable source. As a result, our country has become dangerously dependent on imported energy. The U.S. dependency on imported oil recently reached 60 percent. The petroleum is mainly used for cars. The prices for the petroleum have increased a lot over the years. Today, an average gallon of petroleum costs about $2.10 in many states while other's charge much more. Also, the ... demand for it has tripled since 1985. If the demand for Petroleum continues to increase then eventually in 2050, there won't be any left to be used for cars. In my opinion, I think we should do more to c...

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... the Industrial Revolution brought many new, exciting inventions into our lives to simplify our lives and made them more efficient. Such inventions included cars, household appliances and plants that burn solid waste, fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, and coal, and wood and wood products ... gas concentration, especially of carbon dioxide, is being caused by the combustion of fossil fuels and other human activities. Fossil fuels burned to run cars and trucks, heat homes and businesses, and power factories are responsible for about 98% of the total U.S. emission of carbon dioxide, 24...

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... the Industrial Revolution brought many new, exciting inventions into our lives to simplify our lives and made them more efficient. Such inventions included cars, household appliances and plants that burn solid waste, fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, and coal, and wood and wood products ... gas concentration, especially of carbon dioxide, is being caused by the combustion of fossil fuels and other human activities. Fossil fuels burned to run cars and trucks, heat homes and businesses, and power factories are responsible for about 98% of the total U.S. emission of carbon dioxide, 24...

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... the Industrial Revolution brought many new, exciting inventions into our lives to simplify our lives and made them more efficient. Such inventions included cars, household appliances and plants that burn solid waste, fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, and coal, and wood and wood products ... gas concentration, especially of carbon dioxide, is being caused by the combustion of fossil fuels and other human activities. Fossil fuels burned to run cars and trucks, heat homes and businesses, and power factories are responsible for about 98% of the total U.S. emission of carbon dioxide, 24...

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... make up the three major forms of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels provide most of the energy that powers our modern day industrial society. Everything from the gasoline that fuels your cars to the natural gas that heats our homes are all fossil fuels. Fossil fuels formed during the Carboniferous Period, a part of the Paleozoic Era. The Carboniferous Period occurred from about ... the peat turned into coal, oil/petroleum, and natural gas. Fossil fuel consumption and depletion Fossil fuels are largely burned to produce energy. This energy is used to power out cars, trucks, airplanes, trains, sh...

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... . This has led to health problems for many. Long-term exposure to air pollution can cause cancer and damage to the body. Sources of pollution are all around; they include cars, trains, boats, factories, burning fossil fuels, and many others (www.epa.gov). There are many things that people can do to reduce the levels of pollution. Some examples of these ... by most people, only factory owners and a few others contest it. Encyclopedia.com defines pollution as a contamination or fouling of air, water, and land by wastes and human activities. Boats, cars, trucks, trains, and especially indus...

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... have to take part to conserve these resources. An example of how this is being done is that smaller cars are being produced that meet effiencey standards. The government set the standards; the industry produced the cars to meet them; the citizens purchase these cars. Efficiency standards were also passed for appliances, and homes. In 1970 there was an energy crisis. People were ... ...

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... amounts several kilometers under the Earth's surface or the ocean floor in most locations around the world. Ever wondered where the electricity we use comes from? Or the petroleum our cars run on? Or what produces the different types of energy we use everyday? Coal, oil and natural gas are the major sources of energy we use everyday. Virtually all the ... fuels and is presently not in a position to cease their use. Fossil fuels generate huge amounts of power per unit at a time. These fuels are used to generate power for cars, heat for our homes and generate power to run many Industries....

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... drives about 10,000 a year uses 455 gallons of gas per year. Our vehicles together approximately use 30,000lbs of co2 a year for our cars alone. To save on the carbon usage for travel by both cars I decided that we could cut down the driving to one vehicle, and perhaps set up a car pool between me and other moms for my son ... ...

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... vehicle emissions. Also, the car batteries can recharge at night, when you are sleeping and when the power demand isn't as high, and it's cheaper. Not only does this effect cars, but power plants that use electricity rather than fossil fuel combustion have an easier time controlling their emissions. On the down side of this "clean fuel," the current supply of ... with ethanol as a power source is it's high fuel cost and its decreased vehicle range. Along the same lines, is methanol, or "wood alcohol." This is often used in race cars, due to its amazing performance and fire safety charac...

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... and chemist have found alternative sources to petroleum to serve as a replacement to petrochemicals and energy sources Sixty percent of petroleum usage went towards transportation. Cars are the main consumers of such amounts. This is because cars need oil and oil is a product of petroleum. This problem can be solved by extracting a substance called kerogen from oil shale, which is a form of ... ...

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... .org). Hydrogen has a potential of becoming a fuel source of the future. There are three major resources that produce hydrogen gas: natural gas, water, and methanol. USCAR reports that hydrogen fueled cars are up to 70% more efficient than their gasoline counterparts. Not only is the transportation industry spending money on researching hydrogen as an alternate fuel because of its efficiency but ... their spacecrafts, it is not yet safe for vehicle use as of this moment because there are problems. There exist three major problems for hydrogen as a major fuel source for cars: cost of prod...

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... enough to support life, human use fossil fuels which is the main source of access greenhouse gasses. The environmental problems today are results from our fossil-fuel dependence. By driving cars, using electricity for different kind of machines or heating our homes with oil or natural gas, those are the reasons that release carbon dioxide and other heat trapping gases into ... ...

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... the oil for electricity and wealth. The oil is burned and run through power lines to heat up homes and stoves, and it is also used to power electronics and cars. We also use the oil to make plastic products. To add, we trade the oil, import or export it, for our economy. Effects/Impacts to the Environment Crude oil has ... ...

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... main contributors of global warming, perhaps the main problem that face fossil fuels nowadays is that they are not eco-friendly, the incredible amount of gasoline and coal used by cars and industries everyday emits a huge quantity of carbon to the atmosphere, this originates what it is called the greenhouse effect, a phenomenon that affects the weather worldwide, even in some cases ... ...

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... standard to reduce carbon by 10 percent within 10 years. 4. Make vehicles more efficient by (a) increasing fuel economy standards by 4 percent annually; (b) producing one million American-made plug-in hybrid cars with the capacity of 150 miles/gallon by 2015; and (c) making $4 billion in retooling tax credits and loan guarantees for auto and parts makers. 5. Have diversified sources of energy by ... ...

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... a zero-carbon emissions vehicle. The second is a $300 million prize to any company that successfully develops a high powered vehicle battery package for the next generation of hybrids and plug-in cars. McCain also will encourage carmakers to produce more than 50% flex-fuel vehicles before their agreed-upon deadline of 2012; eliminate the exclusive use of corn-based ethanol gasoline and ... ...

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