Well imagine that the air that you are breathing may be killing you, many diseases are aggravated by air pollution. ... Air pollution comes from many different sources. ... ct of air pollution poses a grave threat to humans and the environment. ... There are many causes of air pollution, but the main causes of pollution are motor vehicles. ... Now after you have heard about air pollution and all of its dangers I will tell you how you can help prevent air pollution. ...

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Noise and air pollution have become a huge headache for people living in the cities. ... Noise and air pollution describe the environmental issues of having so much uncomfortable noise and bad air quality that may pose a threat to human's health. As humans need to breathe air every second in our life, air pollution has a very grave impact on our living quality. ... This is why we keep seeing the air and noise pollution reported in newspapers and television programs. ... To conclude, air and noise pollution is really a potential health threat to humans and taking public transportation is ...

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Air and water is what separates our planet earth, from any other plant we know, without these two vitally important forms of matter no living organisms would be able to survive. ... Studies conducted by the CSIRO Atmospheric Research Team in June '02, showed that road traffic was responsible for just over one third of dangerous and often toxic chemicals found in the Australian air. ... What right do humans have to fill the air with such dangerous and volatile chemicals threatening the existence of diverse communities of plant and animal species? ... It has been predicted from past recor...

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Air pollution is the most common environmental issue that is caused by contaminates that change the natural characteristics of the atmosphere and it can cause respiratory diseases. ... The leading cause of air pollution is cars running on gasoline. ... Air pollution due to cars affects the air we breathe, the ozone layer, water, and soil. ... Environmental Protection Agency, more than half of air pollution in the USA is caused by mobile sources, mainly automobiles (EPA). ... Cars are the biggest contributors to air pollution to the gas emissions, but we can't get rid of cars since it is t...

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Economic/Social Effects of Automobile Pollution Automobiles can be blamed for the majority of the air pollution easily. When looking at the top five contributors of air pollution, automobiles are responsible for three of them. ... This all in turn all results in more pollution, whether it is air pollution or simply noise pollution. ... "Clean Cars- Clean Air." http://www.cosmic-salamander.com/aep/Cfa-air.htm (25 Feb. 1999). 3. ... "Motor Vehicles and the 1990 Clean Air Act." http://www.epa.gov/omswww/11-vehs.htm (25 Feb. 1999). ...

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Gas Vehicles There is a serious pollution problem facing people today, created by gasoline motor vehicles. ... Air pollution is recognized as a major health hazard, and kills between 60,000 and 120,000 people each year. ... Gas powered vehicles account for 90% of the Carbon Monoxide pollutants and 67% of other major air pollution. ... If electric vehicles were introduced on a global scale, urban pollution would improve significantly. ... They do not use gasoline or oil that poison the soil or the air, as they rust away in junk yards. ...

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This happened because neither the streetcar nor the bus could provide the higher level of travel freedom offered by the automobile, but Taxi2000 does offer another solution to this transportation dilemma--Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) systems which uses total electricity to run, cause no air pollution, no traffic congestion, and much more. ... Traffic congestion and the accompanying air pollution have now become critical problems in cities across our nation and around the world. ... The system must be visually unobtrusive, generate no noise or air pollution, and require very little land. .....

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Most pollution that is released by cars comes from the exhaust, mainly in the form of hydrocarbons. ... One way to cut down on this type of pollution is to have the car tuned properly. ... In Athens the number of deaths rises on days with greater air pollution. Just breathing the air in Bombay is the same as smoking half a pack of cigarettes a day (97Brown). ... The American Lung Association says, "The unhealthy air leads to 120, 000 deaths every year" (97 Brown). ...

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We continue to rape our rain forests of their very life, we buy huge sport utility vehicles that pollute our air like the factories of the industrial revolution, and at the same time endlessly pollute our lakes, rivers, and oceans. ... First, for every car bought there has to be enough trees planted to make up for the amount of pollution that is produced by that car. ... And by creating more fuel-efficient vehicles the air quality will also increase also causing less consumption of oil. This alone should raise your eyebrow considering cars alone account for half the oil consumed in the Unit...

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They cause others to inhale potentially dangerous chemicals in the air. ... Pollution is becoming a major problem, not just in America, but worldwide. Some scientists say that the pollution we cause is killing the planet quite literally. ... Transportation causes 75% of the pollution we have on earth. ... We must work on a way to change our ways of transportation to keep the pollution down. ...

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Bicycling doesn't produce noise pollution while cars do. ... Biking doesn't produce air pollution while cars are the primary cause of it. In fact, choosing for a month from a five mile car commute to a bike commute prevents a pound of hydrocarbons, six pound of carbon monoxide, and half a pound of nitrogen oxide entering to the air. The shortest the trips the biggest is the damage to the air. Moreover, short motor trips contribute significantly to the air pollution because it occurs when an engine's control pollution is cold. ...

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Due to the fact that SUV's consume much more fuel than the typical car they also emit much more pollutants into the air. Environmentalist such as the Sierra Club, an environmental group, says that SUV's "spew out 43% more global-warming pollution and 47% more air pollution than an average car." ... However, it is uncertain whether these advantages outweigh the possible disadvantages these trucks produce such as rollovers, pollution, and bad fuel economy. ...

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It seems that an article about pollution can always be found in morning newspaper. The automobile is the chief contributor to air and noise pollution. ... Although noise is annoying, air pollution is dangerous to many of Earth's inhabitants. ... Many species of plants have become endangered or are now extinct due to air pollution. ...

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Hybrid vehicles started back in 1970s when the government encouraged the use of electric vehicle to reduce air pollution, they also support it by gives out an incentives to people that are willing to buy. ... The electric motor and gasoline engine that are doing a job definitely help reduce an air pollution to the world. ...

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Fuel cells generate electricity through an electrochemical reaction that combines hydrogen with ambient air. ... Battery-powered vehicles give off virtually no pollution and offer one of the best options for reducing motor vehicle emissions in polluted cities. ... But these plants are often in rural areas where the emissions do not drive pollution levels above health standards. ... More efficient cars can make a big difference to society in terms of environmental benefits, and the serious deterioration of urban air has motivated regulators to require cleaner cars. ...

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On Friday February 23, General Motors Corp. filed a law suit in California Superior Court against the state Air Resource Boards that by 2003 all cars and light trucks sold or leased in California by big manufacturer's emit no pollution. ... Air boars officials felt that they were not being unreasonable, and that GM should rely on their engineers rather than their lawyers. ... GM says that they have been trying very hard to clean up the air in CA.. ...

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This is due to air drag and other technical issues that deal with cars but the thing is that hybrid cars already have this advantage due to the use of both batteries and gasoline in the car. ... A well designed hybrid can reduce smog pollution by 90% or more compared with the cleanest conventional vehicles on the road today. Hybrid cars burn less gasoline per mile, so they release much less pollution and fewer greenhouse gases unlike gasoline powered trucks and cars being in America. ...

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These chemicals cause air pollution, acid rain, and the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. ... In order to prevent further damage, many organizations have been working on building newer types of engines for automobiles that would produce far less pollution. ... This would solve pollution problems and revolutionize the automobile industry. ... At the cathode, the protons combine with the returning electrons and oxygen from the surrounding air to produce water, the only runoff of the system. ...

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The three inner constraints are problems of small scale and fragmentation, special treatment and regional protection, and concerns over air pollution. ... Wei [2002] reports that in terms of standard measures of air quality, the majority of Chinese large cities are to be among the worst in the world. ... Moreover, the focus of efforts in urban pollution control has gradually moved more towards trucks and cars. Wei [2002] comments that ways to deal with problems of automobile pollution generally include restrictions on driving and efforts to innovate cleaner combustion, through cleaner engines,...

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Several times after this, automotive manufacturers have built new hybrid cars to combat crises such as the oil crisis of 1973 and the surge of air pollution in the 1990's. ... This new generation of electric cars will help the world improve the polluted environment, decrease the risk of lung cancer due to the toxins in the air, and help the economy by using a cost effective energy source. ... They can improve the lives of the people who use them by producing a lessened amount of exhaust emissions, thus helping to clean the environment and limit the risk of lung cancer as well as several...

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The partnership aims to create affordable, midsize passenger vehicles that will achieve 80 mi per gallon (three times greater than the average achieved in 1994) or better, and reduce air pollution (El-Messidi, Automobile Industry)". ... "A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that combines hydrogen fuel and oxygen from the air to produce electricity, heat and water. Fuel cells operate without combustion, so they are virtually pollution free. ... Do you want your children to grow up in a world of smog where they will never see stars at night because of all the pollution that cars make? ... Wi...

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Also known as "air toxins" these compounds cause lung irritation, cancer, birth defects, and a unique problem concerning the formation of ozone smog in the lower of the atmosphere. ... This law enables the state's Air Resources Board to set limits. California in the world's fifth largest economy home to 24 million motor vehicles, which are responsible for 40% of the state's greenhouse pollution. ... Since it is now known that 20% of the older cars are pulling 80% of the pollution (Rob Driess 2003). ... Solar cars are the oldest suggested answer to the vehicle pollution problem. ...

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Talk about your air and pollution conscious ride, this is Green Peace's wet dream-mobile. ... Fuel cells could be a big part of an ever-changing battle against pollution and the depletion of the ozone layer. ...

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The atmosphere would be improved, especially in a big city like Chicago, with many automobiles, because without the smog and pollution produced by automotives, the levels of pollution and smog would decrease, rising the quality of air, becoming some sort of smog control and also improving health matters especially for those with asthma. ...

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Honda claims their cars are made to help reduce pollution causing agents that can harm public health and the environment, therefore making them different from all other cars on the market. ... The VTEC E gasoline engine allows the lean air fuel charge to burn more completely and cleanly for enhanced fuel efficiency and cleaner emissions, which then leads to much cleaner air. ...

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