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Hybrid Car Technology
For most of the lifetime of automobiles, propulsion has been provided by the gasoline or diesel powered internal combustion type of engine. There have been brief flirtations with steam, electricity, and vehicles that could use a variety of fuels, but most of these have fallen by the wayside as the gasoline engine pushed billions of vehicles down the road.
However, this single-minded dependence on petroleum-based fuels, and lubricants too, has placed the planet on the edge of a new future…a future without petroleum or, at best, with limited petroleum resources. Government, business, and designers have combined efforts to come up with some sort of solution to at least part of the problem of maintaining our present way of life with the fact of decreasing petroleum supplies.
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Is Your Car Green?
There has for some time now been a movement afoot to make motoring a greener pursuit. Whatever one’s views on global warming – and there are respected scientists on both sides of the argument, making it a question that needs to be debated – there is no doubt that a car with poor fuel efficiency and without the necessary engineering in place can be a serious threat to the environment. Even if it is not contributing to climate change, there is no doubt that emissions from a car can contribute to a poorer atmosphere, with pollution making it more dangerous for many people to live in cities. Clearly, something has to give, and the movement to find cleaner, greener ways to drive is a step in the right direction in that sense.
The big hope for many on the green side of the argument has been – for at least the early stages of the argument at least – the electric car. Capable of operating without burning any fossil fuels itself, the electric car has been posited as one of the best ways to drive down carbon emissions and contribute to a better environment. The problem seems to be that electric cars, an idea that has existed for some time now, seem to be getting no closer to the day when they will be a hundred per cent efficient. There are few places where driving an electric car would be practical, given that they require recharging a lot more often than a normal gas-run car needs filling up. However much you may wish to see cleaner air for all, the fact remains that this is a genuine drawback.
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Green Living – Fuel Efficient Car Facts & Tips For Green Driving
With the cost of gasoline skyrocketing – now averaging over $4 per gallon, up an entire dollar from just one year ago – fuel economy is tops most consumers’ minds. Sales of hybrid and other fuel efficient cars are booming. Of course, it’s not just about fuel economy – it’s also about the environmental impact, too.
In fact, the most polluting daily activity by U.S. consumers is driving. And improving fuel economy by just 5 miles per gallon would save Americans 1.5 million barrels of oil per day.
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