The gasoline and the diesel engines are said to be are among the best inventions of the industrial world and I agree with that. We wouldn't have advanced technology to its present day status with these inventions and I do honor the great inventors of these machines. There is always however the other side of the coin which would tell a different story.
Majority of present day transportation - from land to air - burn some form of fossil fuel. It could be gasoline, diesel, kerosene, or coal. These fuels produce a lot of energy but also produces a lot of carbon dioxide which ends up polluting our atmosphere. This is the Achilles heal of the venerable gasoline and diesel engines - they cause pollution, lots of it.
This is where hybrid cars get in. They're called hybrid because they still use the traditional engine but also includes another source of propulsion or energy. Two types now exist - the electric hybrid which uses an electric motor in addition to the diesel or gasoline engine and the hydrogen or water hybrid which uses hydrogen extracted from water and adds it to the fuel-air mixture of the engine. Of the two, the latter is cheaper to implement and it allows ordinary automobiles to be converted easily.
Any of these two hybrids will reduce carbon dioxide emissions thereby resulting to less air pollution and less global warming. Then there is the factor of health. Hybrid cars produce less gases that can cause respiratory ailments like lung cancer. Furthermore, if all cars in cities were hybrids then smog will greatly be reduced. Hybrid cars also tend to produce less noise pollution as they go. In the case of electric hybrids, they go totally silent when the electric motors are turned on.
Then of course you get to save more because hybrid cars generate more mileage per gallon of fuel.
Majority of present day transportation - from land to air - burn some form of fossil fuel. It could be gasoline, diesel, kerosene, or coal. These fuels produce a lot of energy but also produces a lot of carbon dioxide which ends up polluting our atmosphere. This is the Achilles heal of the venerable gasoline and diesel engines - they cause pollution, lots of it.
This is where hybrid cars get in. They're called hybrid because they still use the traditional engine but also includes another source of propulsion or energy. Two types now exist - the electric hybrid which uses an electric motor in addition to the diesel or gasoline engine and the hydrogen or water hybrid which uses hydrogen extracted from water and adds it to the fuel-air mixture of the engine. Of the two, the latter is cheaper to implement and it allows ordinary automobiles to be converted easily.
Any of these two hybrids will reduce carbon dioxide emissions thereby resulting to less air pollution and less global warming. Then there is the factor of health. Hybrid cars produce less gases that can cause respiratory ailments like lung cancer. Furthermore, if all cars in cities were hybrids then smog will greatly be reduced. Hybrid cars also tend to produce less noise pollution as they go. In the case of electric hybrids, they go totally silent when the electric motors are turned on.
Then of course you get to save more because hybrid cars generate more mileage per gallon of fuel.
