For the past 200 years, the electric car has steadily gained popularity as an alternative to gas-powered cars. Electric cars are vehicles that use electricity to be powered and create zero tailpipe emissions. Electric cars have recently become a controversial topic ever since the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 was enacted. In the US, the first successful electric car was built in 1891 by William Morrison. This created a spark of interest in electric cars all over the US that encouraged
CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF VOLKSWAGEN COURT SETTLEMENT Although many individuals are unaware of the TDI diesel emissions court settlement between Volkswagen and their customers; there are two causes and several effects. John German discovered the Volkswagen emissions scandal. It turns out that, the lawsuit came about due to cheating software that Volkswagen installed in their 2.0 and 3.0-liter diesel vehicles. In turn, a few effects of the cheating software resulted in a 14.7 billion dollar lawsuit between
different from other sources of emissions. According to a FAA report, aircraft’s btu/passenger mile (energy intensity) is 2,654 in 2012. This is an 24.3% improvement from the 3,505 btu/passenger miles in 2004. It is also improving faster compared to automobiles btu/passenger mile of 8.8% improvement (FAA, 2015). In aviation, most of its pollutants are distributed at high altitudes. However, this can still be hazardous to the environment because aircraft emissions above 3,000 feet can cause up to
Air pollution has been a severe challenge to fuel consuming industries (Wang & Hao 2012). Stringent measures are to be implemented to reduce the effects of carbon emission to the environment. The WHO (2011) has acknowledged the noise environmental impact as a serious burden of disease, and recent contemporary studies have recognized a link between aviation noise and cardiovascular disease (Hnasel 2013). Limited Airspace and Airports Capacities Busy airports have sometimes had to keep aircrafts in
It is a scientifically proven fact that the Earth’s temperatures are currently rising at an alarming rate due to the excessive emission of greenhouse gases. This phenomenon is known as climate change and it poses a dangerous threat for creation, especially for humans, as it upsets the natural balance of life on Earth. While it is important to view the issue of climate change as a whole, it is clearly an anthropocentric issue, as demonstrated in the language used to discuss it, its causes, and its
Transportation off-site emissions are emissions that are generated from cradle to gate. The total emissions index is used to assess each alternative where overall emissions are divided into direct and indirect emissions. The direct emissions index, indirect emissions index, total emissions index and global emission index can be calculated using equation 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. Detailed information on calculating direct and indirect emissions can be found elsewhere (Marzouk et al., 2017). Ed=T1*(Eghg/〖Eghg〗_sum
In my text you will be reading about why going green is important, the meaning of the term ‘carbon dioxide emission’, going vegan and three types of pollution. My references for my text are basically a conversation by the dinner table and a quite vague skype conversation with my vegan of a best friend, and partially a bit of what we learned in science class. First of all why is going green important? Nonetheless, the real question is why isn’t it important? Going green is something everyone should
This section will deal with government’s legislative and regulatory frameworks in fossil fuel industries. Because fossil fuel industries play a big role in Canada’s economy, it can affect a large proportion of a population. Therefore, government’s involvement in legislative and regulatory frameworks must be effective as Harvie notes in his study that an intention of government’s legislative and regulatory involvement in fossil oil industries “is to develop an outcome based land use decision-making
affected. Recently, the issue of global warming has caught many nations’ attention as carbon emissions significantly cause it. Greenhouse gas emissions around the world have been somehow unavoidable, but countries have sought methods to mitigate the inevitable outcomes. While it often seems as though this task is too daunting to overcome, this paper asserts that with the right approach, carbon emissions could be controlled thus reducing the destructive impacts on the environment, which inevitably
change address, Barack Obama talks about his plans to reduce America’s carbon emissions by at least 17 percent by 2020 and