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Alternatives
:Cars
Automobiles
are one of the most significant of greenhouse gases emitters, and of
fossil fuel consumption. In recent years, the average fuel economy of a
vehicle in the United States has decreased, and Americans have continued
along a trend of purchasing larger, less fuel efficient vehicles.
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Why are Sports Utility
Vehicles such a problem in terms of their greenhouse gas
emissions, and climate change?
:visit Sierra
Club's Global Warming site for information on how SUVs impact
the climate.
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Given
this there is a greater push and desire in certain sectors to move
toward utilizing alternative, hybrid or electric, cars to both satisfy
the American desire for personal mobility and the environmental and
common sense ethic of utilizing less gasoline and emitting fewer
greenhouse gases.
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