english essay

Makayla Lockett

English 1110

04/06/2016

Han Hao a, Yong Geng b, Joseph Sarkis. Carbon footprint of global passenger cars: Scenarios through 2050. Received 17 September 2015 Received in revised form 18 January 2016 Accepted 21 January 2016 Available online

Electric cars are meant to reduce the release of pollutant gases into the atmosphere through the presence of an internal combustion engine. There will therefore be a reduction of the amount of Carbon Dioxide released from the internal combustion. With regards to this, electric gas are to a large extent expected to increase environmental preservation and reduce incidences such as global warming which result from exhausts and other environmental pollution. On a negative side however, the existence of electric cars will mean more pollution by power plants from where electricity is produced. The production of electricity leads to a lot of battery wastes, and pollutant gases. Inasmuch as there will be a reduction in emission by transportation systems, environmentalist still see the pollution as a factor since power plants will be polluting the environment instead.

Additionally, electric cars will cause water and soil pollution. The internal combustion engines are likely to cause oil spills, which will affect water and consequently have a negative impact on animals leaving in water. The soil quality will also be reduced due to such oil spills resulting in poor agricultural production and having a negative impact on soil animals.

Despite these negative impacts on water and land, if measures are taken to manage incidences of oil spills and water pollution, then electric cars will serve to minimize or bring to a stop, incidences of roadside pollution. This will consequently result into a cleaner environment for many countries, and especially in developed countries where there are between 400-500 cars per one thousand people. Countries like Japan, China, Hong Kong and the U.S.A will benefit largely and will be able to achieve their climatic expectations. Electric cars will have brought more good than harm to these countries, and will increase the quality of life of people in these countries.