1. Car Pollution
&
Hybrid Cars
Andrew Chennette & Kaitlin Pearse
Pamela Heise
RCR 1413 Section 020
Thursday, March 26, 2009

2. Car Pollution
• Everyone Pollutes! The most innocent act we
can commit
• Gases include : Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen
Oxides and Carbon Dioxide
• Kills people, animals, plants and just all
around the ENVIRONMENT!
• City News Article

3. Car Pollution vs China
• China has suffered the most from car pollution
in the world
• The had 400,000 pre-mature deaths blamed
on car pollution / air pollution
• 10,000 deaths a year (not including pre
mature deaths)
• There are more sicknesses from pollution in
China rather then there are car accidents in
China ........... WOW!

7. These two pictures, taken in Beijing before and after
rain, clearly showing the serious impact of air pollution
in an automobile city

8. Recreation vs Car pollution
• It hurts outdoor activities/programs, due to
unhealthy gases in the air
• We pollute the air by driving or bussing to
recreation centers
• So if nothing is done soon, there won’t be no
more outdoor activities because it will be
unhealthy

9. Ways that we can help
• Limit vehicle usage
• Car Pooling
• Smaller Cars
• Limit one car per household

10. Some ways the Government can Help
• Increase Public Transit - diversify options and
limit access to existing roads
• In cities, build more walking paths, bicycle
routes and roads for small electric vehicles
• Reward car-pools and car-sharing plans
• Base car license fees on fuel consumption in
the previous year. Use exponential fee rate
increase for high fuel consumption individuals.

11. - The world is becoming very lazy
and really doesn’t care about the
environment
- We guarantee the average person
would drive to the corner store,
rather than take the 5 minute walk
- We just need to think about the
future and what we’re doing to the
earth. So one big way we can help
the environment is.......

13. Hybrid Cars
• Over the past few years we have been hearing
and learning a lot about Hybrid cars and how
much they benefit our environment and our
wallets at the pump.
• As Ford and GMC are closing down factories
due to a shortage in sales, Toyota who is
known for making Hybrid cars just had their
best year in sales ever.
• Within one year (2004-2005) Hybrid sales
have increased 141%

14. How Hybrids Save You Money

15. The Benefits
• Saves you money
• Very Environmentally Friendly
• A step in the right direction for saving our
environment
• Becoming more popular because gas prices
are so high these days
• Benefits include reducing emissions and
improving mileage while within one year
regular vehicles produce 1/3 of all the
greenhouse gasses

17. Hybrid Cars how they work
•Runs on gas and electric power
•The gasoline engine turns a
generator, and the generator can either
charge the batteries or power an electric
motor that drives the transmission.
•This means, the gasoline
engine never directly
powers the vehicle.
•This is a series hybrid

18. Quiz Time
1. What are two gases that are involved with
Car Pollution
2. What are hybrid cars run on
3. What is one way we can help prevent Car
Pollution
4. What car brand just had its best years of
sales
5. Next you want to go to the corner store, are
you going to drive

19. How Did You Do?

20. So in Conclusion…..
• Car pollution is a big reason why we are
killing our environment, killing people and
basically killing the earth
• So we ask you to do the little things that
you can to save the planet

21. The End