Environmental Impact of Transportation
Ecological Impact.
Direct Impact: The clearest impact that transportation has on the environment is the carbon monoxide emissions that are released into the environment.
Ecological Impact.
Indirect Impact: With transportation contributing to air pollution, it can cause problems for people with respiratory issues.
Cumulative impact: Global warming is the effect of all the direct and indirect effects of transportation.
World Impact.
- 30% of greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation in the United States.
- Transportation is the second leading source of GHG emissions in the United States.
- The greenhouse gases that come from transportation include carbon dioxide and methane.
- All of which cause the world to get warmer.
- It will cause more frequent severe weather.
- Heat related deaths will rise.
- Higher wildlife extinction rates, etc.
Local Impact.
- Vehicles are responsible for roughly about 48% of Utah's air pollution.
- Transportation every winter contribute to the inversion every year.
- With transportation contributing to the environmental impact, it causes the temperatures to rise.
- With temperatures rising in the western U.S, it can cause
- Drought
- Increased pressure on groundwater, which can be short of supply
- Reduced snow pack, etc.
Solution.
- Switching to electric cars.
- Companies like Tesla are making our contribution to the Earth's pollution a little less severe.
- Having cars charge with a battery instead of using fossil fuels will allow to lessen the amount that is in the air.
- Using zero-emission fuel instead.
- Fuel cell vehicles are powered by hydrogen.
- Protected under the Energy Fuel Act.
Solution.
Consequences.
Consequences.
- Regarding Electric Vehicles.
- Batteries as of now run on a short life, making transportation a little be more challenging.
- There is a need for a large amount of electricity.
- Regarding zero-emission vehicles.
- Even though FCV's fuel do not produce carbon emissions, it still releases nitrogen dioxide, which is toxic to us.
- Scientists point out that even though hydrogen is a mixture of oil and water, is can also come from fossil fuels, not making any significant change to the environment.