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Commuting “Home”
“Home” reveals that over the last 60 years, the world’s population has tripled and continues to grow exponentially. An example is Shenzhen, which just 40 years ago was a small fishing village, but today hosts millions of inhabitants and hundreds of skyscrapers.
Due to increasing populations, nature is continually destroyed for the development of new roads. As a result, when cars begin to drive on these roads it continually impacts the environment. Although attempts have been made to preserve nature and it’s forests, the attempt is still minimal compared to the amount of nature, our most vital resource, that we destroy. Everyday when people commute in their cars it pollutes harmful emissions into the air, which are produced from the car’s burning diesel and petrol. A short-term possibility to alleviate this issue is through the development of electric cars. In the movie, "Who Killed the Electric Car", it claims that the electric car had already been developed in 1996, but the idea had been put down due to the remaining profitability within the oil industry, with over a trillion barrels of oil untapped within the earth’s crust, as of 2006. The benefits of electric cars are priceless. Such benefits include, but not limited to, less air pollution, quieter vehicles, and lower costs to operate. However, some obstacles may interrupt the development of electric cars such as higher technological costs, which may dissuade consumers from buying such vehicles, range problems off a full charge, and the difficult task of developing charging stations. In the textbook, "Essential Environment", it suggests the possibility of the development of hydrogen fuel with electricity. Although, this is a far-reaching possibility for the future, hydrogen could alleviate the dependence on fuels and help prevent climate change, since the vehicle’s exhaust would be water vapor.
Commuting “Home”
“Home” reveals that over the last 60 years, the world’s population has tripled and continues to grow exponentially. An example is Shenzhen, which just 40 years ago was a small fishing village, but today hosts millions of inhabitants and hundreds of skyscrapers.
Due to increasing populations, nature is continually destroyed for the development of new roads. As a result, when cars begin to drive on these roads it continually impacts the environment. Although attempts have been made to preserve nature and it’s forests, the attempt is still minimal compared to the amount of nature, our most vital resource, that we destroy. Everyday when people commute in their cars it pollutes harmful emissions into the air, which are produced from the car’s burning diesel and petrol. A short-term possibility to alleviate this issue is through the development of electric cars. In the movie, "Who Killed the Electric Car", it claims that the electric car had already been developed in 1996, but the idea had been put down due to the remaining profitability within the oil industry, with over a trillion barrels of oil untapped within the earth’s crust, as of 2006. The benefits of electric cars are priceless. Such benefits include, but not limited to, less air pollution, quieter vehicles, and lower costs to operate. However, some obstacles may interrupt the development of electric cars such as higher technological costs, which may dissuade consumers from buying such vehicles, range problems off a full charge, and the difficult task of developing charging stations. In the textbook, "Essential Environment", it suggests the possibility of the development of hydrogen fuel with electricity. Although, this is a far-reaching possibility for the future, hydrogen could alleviate the dependence on fuels and help prevent climate change, since the vehicle’s exhaust would be water vapor.