Electric Cars Begin to Earn Credible Look as an Alternative

Gary, Tonya, Nation's Cities Weekly

Imagine 3 billion cars on the road around the world. According to Daniel Sperling, author of Future Drive: Electric Vehicles and Sustainable Transportation, by the year 2050, this will be the case if present trends continue. That's approximately 20 cars per 100 people. Imagine also the amount of pollution that will be emitted into the atmosphere, which researchers say alters the Earth's climate, creating the greenhouse effect.

There have been many efforts introduced by the federal government to "suppress the use of cars" in order to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and other pollutants enveloping the air around our planet. Everything from legislation such as the Clean Air Act …

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Publication information: Article title: Electric Cars Begin to Earn Credible Look as an Alternative. Contributors: Gary, Tonya - Author. Magazine title: Nation's Cities Weekly. Volume: 18. Issue: 16 Publication date: April 17, 1995. Page number: 12. © 2009 National League of Cities. COPYRIGHT 1995 Gale Group.

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