Mainly because fuel efficient vehicles get better gas mileage due to the smaller gasoline engines, which releases fewer pollution emissions and decreases the amount of pollution in the air. People rely on vehicles to accommodate life sustaining necessities, such as food and a vehicle are necessary to travel to and from work. Since the 1970s, most Americans consider a car to be very necessary. Now, today it is probably very hard to manage without a car. So was the case in a research survey conducted by Pew Research Studies (2009), Americans indicated that having a vehicle was a greater necessity than any other item.
When a driver shifts a gear down to reduce their speed, they are actually saving on brake repairs and are very fuel efficient. Texaco Fuel Industries reported that Stick shifts cars save 20% more gas than automatic transmission cars. Stick shift cars will respond better to the driver which makes them safer. Safety is an important issue when we talk about cars. People who drive cars with automatic transmissions often do not pay as much attention as they should.
Discuss one alternative to gasoline for automobiles. Give some detailed background information on the automobile model that uses an alternative fuel source and please answer the following. There are several different alternatives for fuel. Ethanol, natural gas, propane, biodiesel, and hydrogen are a few of these new and safer fuels. They’re all produced from resources other than petroleum and can make our dependency on imported oil a thing of the past.
First of all, he mentions how decreasing our usage in oil would cut back on releasing greenhouse gases, and would also help decrease oil demand, since we are mostly dependent on other countries for it. Also, he explains how with technology today, manufacturers can assure consumers that fuel-efficient cars don’t necessarily jeopardize the size or the safety of the vehicle, which is what many people are concerned over. In addition, the
11.20.14 In the 1970’s OAPEC (Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries) established an oil embargo that caused gas prices to rise from $3.00 to up to $12.00 a barrel. Due to this drastic increase, the government, under President Jimmy Carter administration, set price controls on the price of gasoline. This not only lead to higher gas prices, but caused a rationing of gas, which lead to extremely long waits at the gas pump. To remedy the long lines, consumers where assigned a day to purchase gas, based on their odd or even numbers license plates. This instability of the supply of gas was known as the “Gas Crisis “or “Gas Shock” of 1973.
there are many functions and purposesof interest groups in our country. basically an interest group is a group of individuals who want to influence change within the government. these interest groups are for civil liberties, and this is one function. another function is that they want to change policies by directly dealing with people who have the authority to change these policies, or to put them into effect. they also build alliances, campaign assistance, as well as other forms of pressure as functions of their purpose.political parties on the other hand, want to run the government vs just influence it, and they want to make and enforce policies.
Hybrids and electric cars are the best invention since sliced bread, what do we do with sliced bread? We benefit ourselves or others with it, and that’s exactly what hybrids and electric cars are going to do for our atmosphere. We’re fighting for clean air, so come back at global warming with a hybrid or electric car to save our atmosphere with this atmosphere-saving miracle. Glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising, cloud forests are drying, wildlife is scrambling to keep pace, and greenhouse gas levels are higher now than in the last 650,000 years. Guess what, the environment was just fine 650,000 years ago before we came around and started messing with it!
Fukushima, the nuclear power plants center, had been one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters regions. Serious damage affected many industries, and it greatly change Japan’s state of macroeconomy from several parts. Exports continued to fall because electronics industry, car industry and food industry that are important portion of Japan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) were seriously damaged. The country accounts for 16.5 percent of that revenue in the consumer electronics industry (“Japan quake”, 2011). Sony, Toshiba, Kyocera, and Canon, are among the many industry heavyweights in the industry headquartered in Japan.
Shell’s net income also rose to $6.98 billion in the 3rd quarter of 2011, an increase of 100% from the previous year. Does it even seem possible that these companies have posted such high earnings while the rest of the world is in a recession? While oil prices rose due to instability in the Middle East, specifically Libya, oil production was completely halted. How is that feasible in a highly regulated industry? To effectively delve into this topic, we need to examine this from two standpoints: ethical and legal.
The typical consumer of a vehicle in this category has an income of $100K, is well educated, and is in their 50’s age-wise. The industry realizes that they need to draw in younger consumers and have been making efforts to do that, making more family friendly vehicles like the SUV. To continue to attract the desired younger consumer, while not offending the traditional luxury vehicle consumer, the luxury market needs to stay current on trends. The primary trend right now is going green using hybrid technology. Hybrid technology is being used in two ways right now: in the mass vehicle industry it is used to create better fuel economy; in the luxury market hybrid technology is focused more on increasing performance without sacrificing standard fuel economy.