Electric Cars- Andres Yengle

Andres  Yengle
Mr. Roddy
IHSS
25 March 2020
Electric Cars
The article I read was about electric cars and how the electric cars in America produce much less carbon emissions than a 50 mpg car. In America a study found that only 6% of Americans live in an area where a 50 mpg car produces less carbon emissions than an electric car. This study wasn’t focused on the carbon emissions produced while the cars are driving but the carbon emissions of what is used to power the car. For a gasoline car, that means looking at emissions from extracting crude oil from the ground, moving the oil to a refinery, making gasoline and transporting gasoline to filling stations. For electric vehicles, the calculation included both power plant emissions and emissions from the production of coal, natural gas and other fuels power plants use. When looked at all the factors for both electric vehicles and gas vehicles it was shown that electric vehicles produced much less carbon emissions. In some parts of the country driving a gasoline fueled car can produce 4 to 7 times more carbon emissions than an electric vehicle. For example, the average EV driven in upstate New York has emissions equal to a (hypothetical) 231 mpg gasoline car. And in California, a gasoline car would need to get 122 mpg to have emissions as low as the average EV. This study was very interesting because it didn’t focus on what carbon emissions are being produced while driving the cars but what emissions are being produced just to fuel the cars. I am very glad to see that electric cars are improving in the way they are made and fueled tofully benefit the earth and its environment. I think it is very important to find ways to make the ways we live more eco friendly and this is a big step towards that.    

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  1. Asher FormanMarch 26, 2020 at 11:47 AM

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  2. ArwaMarch 27, 2020 at 8:47 AM

    Do you think that as electric cars become bigger, gas powered cars will eventually die out, or will there still be people who prefer gasoline powered cars over electric cars? And even if people now know the adverse effects of using a gasoline powered car, do you think they’ll switch over to EVs immediately, or will it be a slow process? Also, towards the future, what do you think will happen to both the EV industry, as well as the oil industry? Will EVs grow more and more popular amongst the general public? And what will happen to the oil industry as a whole? This was a really fascinating article, since I've never really known much about this topic.

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  3. Asher FormanMarch 27, 2020 at 9:35 PM

    In the future, do you think that the majority of people will have an electric car? If so, then will gas stations become irrelevant? Will they be turned into charging stations for cars? After that, what happens to the fossil fuel industry if they can't count on transportation as a revenue source. Is there a way to compromise to help both industries by using a hybrid car, or is that equally as bad for the environment as using a fully gasoline-powered car? Overall, this was a super interesting article as I had no idea about the carbon emissions released to be able to fuel the cars we use every day.

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