Part 1:
- Electrical cars are much better for the environment since they don’t consume octane. Octane is what gas cars need to be powered but it can pollute the environment and make the air around us not so healthy to breathe in. On the other hand, electrical cars have rechargeable batteries, so when you charge the electrical car, the energy is used, then recharged to be used again. Electrical cars don’t need gas to be powered, therefore, there won’t be vapor that pollutes the air in electric cars. The gasoline that gas cars burn up, letting the carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and unburned hydrocarbons contribute to air pollution. Burning gasoline can also produce greenhouse gas and carbon dioxide. Although electric cars are better for the environment, some people won’t be able to afford the car. These cars tend to be more expensive than normal gas cars, and you will need to replace the battery packs occasionally. When switching to a new electric car, the factories will be polluting the air as much as gas cars do. Electric cars take up the same amount of material to make as gas cars, but for electric cars, people have to mine for the material of the batteries that are required. Also, they tend to take a long time to recharge and travels less distance than a normal gas car, which I don’t think would be a huge problem since using an environmentally friendly car that takes a long time to recharge then not traveling a long distance, is much more preferred than a gas car that pollutes the air we breathe into our bodies that is also costly to refuel. Adding on, when we buy an electric vehicle, B.C. residents, businesses, non-profit organizations and local government organizations who purchase or lease qualifying new vehicles, can get a discount up to $3,000 off the pre-tax sticker price for qualifying new battery electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The country wants more people to purchase and use electric cars and they are helping by reducing the price of the vehicles. What we can do to make the place we live in, a better place is by thinking more environmentally friendly and spend less money on things that can slowly end the beauty of earth, and start to buy more environmentally friendly things such as electric cars, metal straws, etc. In the future, I believe that we will have more electric cars being driven all over the world, for we are beginning to see the population of electric cars increase, day by day.
2. I think that if Justin Trudeau puts in more money for gas cars to become electric cars, since electric cars are more environmentally friendly. If we start to use more electric cars, then the air that we take in can be less polluted and be more healthier for our bodies to breath in. We should start the process as fast as we can since air in Canada falls to be around the fiftieth to have the cleanest air. The country has given us a rebate for when we buy electric vehicles, but people don’t seem to be too drawn in by that yet. If Justin Trudeau decides to offer a larger rebate, more people will be convinced in buying an electric car. The air that we are breathing in, is becoming unsafe to breathe in. Wherever we go, we can smell the toxins and the chemicals that are vaporized in the air. Even with this many trees and this many days of rain, we still fall to be the fiftieth place to have the cleanest air. We have such a large country without a huge bundle of people here in BC and yet we still don’t have the cleanest air. The gasoline we pay for is getting more and more expensive, yet we still buy gas cars because they are cheaper than electric cars in the first place. Justin Trudeau needs to do something about the gas cars the people in our country uses and convince the people who are planning to buy gas cars, buy electric cars. I personally think that electric cars should be the same price as gas cars. If the government and the founder of electric cars want people to make the world better by selling electric cars, why is it so expensive? It should be the same price for people buying cars to decide which is better for their world.
Part 2:
- How can we reduce oil usage in gas cars?
How much rebate will we receive when buying an electric vehicle?
Why are gas cars not good for the environment?
How are electric cars better for the environment?
What can WE do to make the place we live in a better place?
What are some cons of electric cars?
What will we be seeing in the future with cars
2. A new digital tool I’ve used this for this assignment was Pexel. I have found great photos that I could use without giving credit. Some familiar digital tools I’ve used was Google and Youtube. I tried to look for the most relevant resource from Youtube and Google because sometimes, the first thing that pops up may not have the information that we need.
3. My processes to investigate my topic was simple. I simply wrote down my questions about my topic, then wrote what I already knew about it. After all that, I started my research of all the questions I had in an appropriate order. Although out was simple, I should’ve added the information that I already knew about, throughout my process of writing the researched information because I feel like that was a bit time consuming since if I took time to think out all the things that I know about, that would take more time than simply just adding along the way.
4. I verified the information I found by finding the date it was published and how relevant it was. I also checked if the English grammar was fine, all of the websites I check had normal English grammar. I should’ve checked if there was a section where all the company’s contact information were because that would help us understand that the website is legit. I should’ve also checked if there were a lot of ads because that can be a way to figure out what the writers goal is: To make money, or to actually help us.
5. The process of completing this challenge was surprisingly not that difficult. Although, next time, I hope to verify the information I find more than this time (the things I have listed above). I also wish that I can try to take less time researching because when I first started researching, I didn’t use my time very wisely and procrastinated a bit, which made me feel more stressed than I should’ve been. Next time, I want to think out a plan so I know what I want to do and need to do to achieve the answers to my questions.
Sources:
https://www.airvisual.com/world-air-quality-ranking
https://www.energysage.com/electric-vehicles/101/pros-and-cons-electric-cars/
