Our current dependency on fossil fuels such as gasoline is slowly being replaced with other, safer methods of energy. Gasoline causes pollution in the air and use of this fuel in automobiles causes very high risk factors in accident situations. High-speed collisions can result in automobiles exploding, hurting and/or killing drivers, passengers and pedestrians. The atmosphere and our concerns with global warming can also be connected to the hazards of gasoline fuel. My research has led me to alternate solutions for the diminishing gasoline problem.
The current replacements for gasoline engines are the gasoline/electric hybrids. These engines work in a unique way, accelerating using electric power and then transferring to gasoline power at higher cruising speeds. These new engines get about 46-52 miles per gallon. Usage of these engines not only saves money and people, but they aid in the preservation of our ozone and air.
In cities around the world, the automobile is the single, greatest polluter. Emissions from each persons’ combustion engines’ exhaust adds up to one great world wide problem. Many toxins given off by gasoline engines can be toxic and are potentially able to contribute to the disease of cancer. Nitrogen Oxides that build up in the ozone can bring down acid rain and nitrous oxide has been found as 7.2% of the gases cited in global warming.
Carbon Monoxide, a colorless, tasteless, poison gas, exceeded the Federal air quality standard in 1992, including 20 U.S. cities home to more than 14 million people. This gas is emitted due to incomplete combustion in gasoline engines; more than two-thirds of carbon monoxide emissions come from transportation sources. In urban areas, the automobile contribution to carbon monoxide pollution can exceed 90 percent.
It is inevitable that gasoline will someday be gone and so will oils or any other fossil fuel that is in mass use. The importance of transportation in our society will not disappear with the oil, but there will be mass solutions to the problem of fuel, and it will be both good for the environment and less expensive for the common motorists. Electric engines do exist and they are in several motor-driven machines that we use today. Vehicles with electric motors are being designed and produced even now, and it’s predicted that in about five or more years, they will be on the market.
The replacement of gasoline engines with electric motors can have positive, lasting effects on our planet’s ozone, forests, water and air. Many environmentalists that are concerned with the planet’s condition will welcome this new idea along with those who simply want to enjoy a gasoline-worry-free vehicle.
