Ignorance Is Bliss Research Paper
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Ignorance is Bliss Ever since the invention of automobiles, something can always be said about someone based on the type of car they drive. When someone drives a big gas guzzling SUV or truck, someone always says, “what a terrible person! Don’t they understand what they are doing to the environment?” Then someone drives by in a Toyota Prius and that same person says “Now that’s a smart person. Why can’t everyone in the world be like them?” A wise man once said “Ignorance is bliss” and this applies very well to this situation. Car companies such as Toyota and Honda make hybrid-electric cars in order to save the environment from harmful emissions. It is a fact that hybrid-electric cars produce significantly fewer emissions …show more content…
Everyday people, celebrities and athletes alike are driving hybrids to make a statement that they care about the environment but are they really saving the planet? There are many pros to using a hybrid such as the great gas mileage and low emissions. Hybrid technology is very affordable now that almost all car companies are
Rowley 2 producing hybrid cars. Along with the money saved on gas, hybrid cars seem like a very sensible solution to becoming a more “green” person but this is not entirely true. Although there are many pros to having a hybrid car, there are many cons as well. The same gas mileage can be achieved by compact and diesel powered cars. With diesel costing essentially the same price as gasoline, defeating the argument that owning a hybrid costs less. On top of that, these compact and diesel cars are normally cheaper than hybrid cars. Another disadvantage of hybrids is that the process of making these vehicles does more harm in the long run than gas guzzling trucks. This is mostly because of the nickel cadmium battery featured in hybrid-electric vehicles to power the electric …show more content…
It was a successful project, racking up more than 12,000 miles and only a few problems that held fueling up a few times.
If the United States and Japan ever want to see the future of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, it depends on the advances in four key areas: the hydrogen source, the distribution infrastructure, fuel tank, and fuel cell (Tollefson). The biggest challenge for these countries is getting the infrastructure to fill up. Once the hydrogen is made, it needs a place, like a gas station to be delivered so people can refuel. But with the vehicles not out on the market, and no stations to be found, this hydrogen project isn’t going anywhere. These countries need someone to buy the vehicle and others to invest in the stations. This I think will be a bigger problem in America than Japan because of spacing and lack of interest. The Japanese need this. They import there oil and it cost their country a lot of money. Having something that they can produce on their own, I think will just take
Ignorance is Bliss Ever since the invention of automobiles, something can always be said about someone based on the type of car they drive. When someone drives a big gas guzzling SUV or truck, someone always says, “what a terrible person! Don’t they understand what they are doing to the environment?” Then someone drives by in a Toyota Prius and that same person says “Now that’s a smart person. Why can’t everyone in the world be like them?” A wise man once said “Ignorance is bliss” and this applies very well to this situation. Car companies such as Toyota and Honda make hybrid-electric cars in order to save the environment from harmful emissions. It is a fact that hybrid-electric cars produce significantly fewer emissions …show more content…
Everyday people, celebrities and athletes alike are driving hybrids to make a statement that they care about the environment but are they really saving the planet? There are many pros to using a hybrid such as the great gas mileage and low emissions. Hybrid technology is very affordable now that almost all car companies are
Rowley 2 producing hybrid cars. Along with the money saved on gas, hybrid cars seem like a very sensible solution to becoming a more “green” person but this is not entirely true. Although there are many pros to having a hybrid car, there are many cons as well. The same gas mileage can be achieved by compact and diesel powered cars. With diesel costing essentially the same price as gasoline, defeating the argument that owning a hybrid costs less. On top of that, these compact and diesel cars are normally cheaper than hybrid cars. Another disadvantage of hybrids is that the process of making these vehicles does more harm in the long run than gas guzzling trucks. This is mostly because of the nickel cadmium battery featured in hybrid-electric vehicles to power the electric …show more content…
It was a successful project, racking up more than 12,000 miles and only a few problems that held fueling up a few times.
If the United States and Japan ever want to see the future of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, it depends on the advances in four key areas: the hydrogen source, the distribution infrastructure, fuel tank, and fuel cell (Tollefson). The biggest challenge for these countries is getting the infrastructure to fill up. Once the hydrogen is made, it needs a place, like a gas station to be delivered so people can refuel. But with the vehicles not out on the market, and no stations to be found, this hydrogen project isn’t going anywhere. These countries need someone to buy the vehicle and others to invest in the stations. This I think will be a bigger problem in America than Japan because of spacing and lack of interest. The Japanese need this. They import there oil and it cost their country a lot of money. Having something that they can produce on their own, I think will just take