U.S AIR POLLUTION FROM GAS EMMISIONS

LUCAS MITZELBELINDA AMPOFOYOKO HIGASHINEVILLE JOHNSONRAJITA MAHARJANASHLEY WIGER

• December 1970: 89.9 Billion Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)

• December 2011: 246.3 Trillion VMT• 1970: .0365% of what we do now• 50% of Air Pollution from Vehicles• 5.1 Metric Tons of Carbon Monoxide/Vehicle– 21 mpg– 12,000 miles a year

The Problem

• Carbon Monoxide– Colorless– Odorless– Can cause medical issues

• Doesn’t just pollute the air– Deposited on soil– Surface waters– Enter the food chain– Acid Rain

The Problem

TRUE OR FALSE: The US has 5% of the worlds population yet consumes 20% or more of the worlds resources and creates at least 20% of the worlds pollution?

• Each year cars emit more than 300 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year in the United States alone.

• This pollution is believed to increase Global Warming.

THE TOP FIVE CARS THAT ARE BAD FOR THE

ENVIORNMENT BUT IS LOVED THE MOST BY

THE U.S

SUV

SPORTS CARS

RACE CARS

SMALL/STANDARD PICK UPTRUCKS

CARS LOVED MOST BY THE U.S THAT CAUSES THE MOST PROBLEMS

• SUVS• SPORTS CARS• RACE CARS• SMALL/STANDARD PICKUP TRUCKS

Air Pollution in the World• Number of Cars in the World

One Billion

Air Pollution in the World

Air Pollution in the World

Air Pollution in the World

Air Pollution in the World

2.1 Million Died from Air Pollution in Asia

• 1.2 M in East Asia and China• 712,2000 in South Asia include

India

3.2 Million Died from Air Pollution in the World

WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES ARE DOING

CANADA

• Signed the kyoto protocol in 2007.- committed to reducing gas emission by 17%

below the 1990 level by 2020 - cost $13.6bn ($1,600 per family) - failing to meet the target goal would cost

$14bn worth of fines

• Regulation for vehicles built between 2017 - 2025 to cut gas emission by 5%

CHINA

• No. 1 emitter of greenhouse gases also second largest consumer of energy

• Promised to become at least 40% more energy efficient by the year 2015

• Promised to boost its forest cover

• Recently unveiled the fastest electric car called the sp:01

GERMANY

• Increasing electric vehicle production from less than 2,000 units currently to 1 million units annually by 2020 and 5 million by 2030.

-cost $705million

• Strict policies should be enforced by law to maintain the engine of gas vehicles.

• Priority to public vehicles while travelling

• Short distance travel – take a walk-ride a bicycle

• Replacing gas vehicles from eco-friendly

• A forestation program should be encouraged

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