An Overview Of The Green Car Revolution

In recent years, the global community is concerned about the threat posed by the greenhouse effect. While this phenomenon is not a threat to the planet, increased production of greenhouse gases has led what is now called global warming. The abundance of greenhouse gases in the different sectors has also increased the warming effect of greenhouse phenomenon.
One the debt sectors is the automobile industry, because of the sheer number of vehicles on our roads today. The increasing awareness of the threat of global warming, the car manufacturers to develop and produce environmentally friendly cars known simply as green cars. While these cars are designed to consume less fossil fuels, we should not only on its environmental friendliness in this way. It is also the entire life of these vehicles to determine which vehicles are really " green ".
The first thing that should be considered when assessing the " Green " a vehicle is the matter with which it is produced. To check things simple way to check Toyota Prius and the Ford F-150. Simply by using these vehicles, you would certainly point out that the Prius is more environmentally friendly vehicles of the two. This is true in the sense that the Prius is a hybrid vehicle, and therefore oil consumed less fuel. On the other hand, the bigger F-150, of course, needs more power to drive therefore more fuel must burned.
But in the manufacturing process, this assumption that the Toyota Prius is greener than the Ford F-150 pickup can be as false .
The is a Toyota Prius hybrid car, which means that it is managed by a small internal combustion engine and an electric motor. This electric motor needs a highly efficient battery pack to take power. The battery in the Prius is a nickel-metal hydride type and nickel in the production of these batteries comes from a mining plant, based in Ontario, Canada. The mining plant produces noxious sulphur fumes damage the environment. In fact, the surrounding landscape now resembles the barren surface of the moon and NASA astronaut with the city as a testing ground for moon buggies. This shows that while the end product can have a positive impact on the environment, the production is quite another terrible story.
On the other side of the Ford F-150 is well known that a gas-Guzzler. Because of its size, the vehicle needs a major engine of the oil consumed more fuel. This amount will fuel burned means that the vehicle also produces more greenhouse gas than the Prius. But in terms of production, the plant produces the F-150 is regarded as one of the most environmentally friendly assembly facility. Ford & 39; s River Rouge, Michigan assembly plant has a living roof " ". The roof is estimated to cover 10 hectares and is equipped with Sedum plant. These plants have water-absorbing characteristics of the Ford uses. The Sedums filter rainfall and converts carbon dioxide into oxygen. Apart from the plant could harness solar energy by using solar energy panels.
The solar energy helps power to the plants and hot water. In addition, the assembly plant is surrounded by more than 100000 flowering plants and shrubs and hundreds of trees. This shows that although the final result for the F-150, a gas-guzzling vehicle, the production facility, where it is done environmental friendly.
After production of the vehicle, the " Green " of these vehicles is measured by their gas mileage allowance rating. This means that the number of miles that a vehicle can be used in a certain amount of fuel. In this sense, hybrid vehicles like the Toyota Prius are more environmentally friendly than larger vehicles such as the Ford F-150, even if these trucks are equipped with aftermarket parts such as the AEM cold air intake systems. The number of green vehicles on our roads is increasing and is not limited to technology.
Green with hybrid vehicles, including flex-fuel vehicles. These vehicles are designed to operate not only on gasoline, but on a combination of gasoline and alternative fuels such as bio-ethanol. For diesel engines, biodiesel is more environmentally friendly alternative. Another technology developed by the automobile manufacturer is the fuel cell technology. This technology aims to hydrogen as a fuel. The abundance of hydrogen and the lack of greenhouse gas emissions are the reasons why this alternative is the most promising technology today.
After green car from the use of the vehicle, should take a look at the way these vehicles are removed. No matter how clean the production and operation of a car, it is not environmentally friendly, when the car disposed of indiscriminately. That is the reason why the car manufacturers are implementing recycling programs for used cars. This recycling programs ensure that the used cars will not damage the environment.
For instance, the refrigerant used in a vehicle air conditioning unit should be taken care of properly and not be released into the atmosphere. Some car manufacturers reported that they recycled metals to be used on new vehicles. Plastics, on cars poses a tougher problem, because they know that they are of complex structure. However, car companies are looking for ways to plastic waste useful.



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