Persuasive speech on hybrid cars and environmental benefits

Hybrid Cars -- Persuasive Speech

What do you think of living in a planet that has little pollution? How about the idea of passing on a green planet to your kids and grand kids? Sounds impossible? Well, its not if each of us start making a small contribution towards reducing the emission of green house gases to make our planet a safer and greener place to live.

One of the ways to make our planet more liveable is to use a hybrid car over a regular one and today, we will focus on the benefits of using such a car that runs on alternate forms of energy like electric and ethanol. Its efficiency has encouraged many organizations to adopt it and also has given way to more research in this field.

Hybrid cars are great for the environment and the people

Hybrid cars can lower Carbon Dioxide and the resultant transport emissions without limiting the personal use (Graham-Rowe, Gardner, Abraham, Skippon, Dittmar, Hutchins & Stannard, Jan 2012).

The mileage is much better with hybrid cars and it is expected that cars in U.S. can reach 60 mpg by 2035 (Lamb, 2010).

3. The use of hybrid cars are expanding in other countries as well. A simulated use of HEVs in Mexico City revealed that its use can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 10% (Jazcilevich, Reynoso, Grutter, Delgado, Ayala, Lastra, Zuk, Oropeza, Lents & Davis, Jul 2012).

B. The benefits from these cars are enormous and this is why they are encouraged by Governments and other organizations

1. Oil crisis has forced the Federal Government to look for alternate ways to power the car and this has led to the development of many hybrid cars that use flex-fuel (Anderson & Anderson, 2010).

2. The U.S. Department of Energy provides loans under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program and this has encouraged auto markers to expand the production of hybrid cars by 2015 (Gregerson, 2011).

3. The Auto racing organization was slow to accept, but now, many companies are working towards producing hybrid racing cars (Webster, March 2011).

C. To make use of the benefits of hybrid cars, more research is underway for producing better and sustainable hybrid cars

1. Lighter and cheaper electric batteries have made hybrid cars more affordable for the public (Graham-Rowe, 2011).

2. Research has made it possible to produce lighter cars that need lesser fuel thereby leading to reduced emissions (Scattina, Peroni, Peroni & Avalle, 2011).

3. Air or pneumatic hybrid cars are being researched for its efficient fuel consumption (Deffree, 2011).

4. Light-weight high pressure accumulators are expected to increase mileage and reduce emissions (No Author, 2010).

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