Hmmm, Global Warming anyone?
By hoz9991
@hoz9991 (301)
February 20, 2007 4:24pm CST
It is well known that an effective way of reducing the effects of global warming is the new technology of hydrogen powered cars. As with any new technology it still needs to be perfected. In order to develop this technology quickly it would cost billions of moneys. If the car industry and governments wanted to help global warming they could stop production of petrol powered vehicles and only produce these hydrogen powered vehicles within the year.
But they are not willing to spend the money in order to solve the problem quickly. Instead they will slowly convert over, and as we know, any more damage to the earth is going to cost more to us in the long run. This means that we should spend money now in order to save spending money in the future.
Plus you have the issue of governments and countries depending on the tax income from fuels to make their money, they would not be willing to give this up.
One solution to this problem is the new development of hybrid cars, for example, the Toyota Prius. Why pay more for a car that boasts the same mpg (65.7) as a deisel Renault, Peugeot or Ford? (The figure stated is not true, as money car testers have found that the Prius cannot be driven to 65.7mpg successfully).
The current people in charge of deciding the future of the planet are not doing enough. Surely they can do more?
2 responses
@alamontana (6)
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20 Feb 07
i drove a toyota prius the other day .a demonstration vehicle from work. i managed to get 58 mpg onn a 36 mile run
the easier you take it on the throttle the more the electric motor works being backed up by the conventional engine on reduced power.
in 25 years i have seen the humble internal combustion engine go from a hydrocarbon belching dragon too a fairly friendly unit, with the development of technology.
hopefully people pressure will carry on with the advances we all need to preserve our way of life
(good post by the way)
@hoz9991 (301)
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21 Feb 07
That's pretty cool. I'd love to try one, and I'm not by any means saying that the car isn't economical in my post, because it is a great success. I was watching a review of the new Porsche 911 GT3 on Top Gear (UK car show) and it said that if the car was in one of the cities in the world with 'dirty' polluted air it would actually give off less CO2 than it sucked in from the air. This is a high performance sports car and it is able to make air cleaner if it was in one of these cities. That's an achievement in itself.
Thanks for your comments
@Harpreet_1988 (85)
• Australia
20 Feb 07
yes u are rite.. the governments all over the world are not taking the necessary steps to curbe global warming.. by just stopping the use of fossil fuels a lot of the green house emissions could be cut down.. but with the ongoin investment of america in iraq to seize as much of the oil it can and the interests of other countries to do the same, it doesnt seem like they are interested in developing peaceful and cleaner sources of energy. I think that its the common people who should understand the needs of the future and the private companies all over the world who produce automobiles and etc etc to understand the harms we do to our environment by use of fossil fuels and they should do more to change the current technology and welcome the cleaner technology. i think the initiative of the private companies is the 1st step towards a cleaner future..
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