Solutions: Transportation
Implementing improved methods of powering the varied modes of transportation is the single most effective way to protect the environment and reverse the causes of global warming.
The major methods of Transportation include: ships, railways, aircraft, trucking, inner city light rail, buses, automobiles, motorcycles and bicycles.
Any and all of these can be improved with alternative power.
One electric car can remove about 10,000 lbs (five tons) of CO2 per year from the atmosphere.
What We Can Do
Buy an electric vehicle or convert your car!- Reduce greenhouse gases to prevent global warming
- Reduce local air pollution in urban areas and promote a cleaner local environment
- Save mucho money. Pay about $0.02 per mile, assuming about $0.10/kWh. Compared to $4 per gallon gasoline, an electric vehicle uses the equivalent of $0.45 per gallon gasoline.
- Reduce the $1 billion/day leaving the US for oil, insulate yourself from future oil price increases and send a clear message to the oil companies that they don't have a monopoly on your energy choices
- Help reduce demand on oil, a limited resource. Reduced demand on oil will help to keep prices down for food and home heating oil in northern areas
- Pioneer the future & set an example!
- Travel in a conversation starter!
Links
- Miami Beach Bay Light Rail Link
- Green Living Ideas
- Public Transportation Info
- Mobility | City Car
- ZipCar
- IGoCars
- Philly Car Share
- ProjectBetterPlace
- EAAEV
- UC Davis Team Fate
- DuraCar
- Hybrid & Electric Cars
- Dynasty Electric Car
- Green Car Congress
- ZennCars
- Aptera
- TeslaMotors
- Fisker Karma
- GEMCar (Chrysler)
- XP Vehicles
- Reva - India
- Norway Th!nk City Electric Car
- ZAP World
- Zap Xebra
- Xebra World
- Hybrid Auto Info
- Myers Motors
- Ecomoto
- EV Album
- Instructables
- RunAbout Electric Cycles
- AeroRider
- Twike
- Universal Electric Vehicle
- Tango
- SunRider
- Vectrix
- Liberty Electric Bikes
- Elisha Wetherhorn's Rider
- E-Max
- MindsetAG
- IKoo
- EVT
- Zapino
- Honda
- Volkswagen
- ECarCo
- SmartCar
- Mini Cooper
- Windsock Farms
- Blog - Fuel Cell Buses
- Air Cars
- MDI Air Car, (Moteur Developpment International) Nice France
- Engine Air, Melbourne, Australia
- The Air Car
- Liberty Electric Cars Site
- Liberty Electric Cars Article
- UC Davis Team Fate
- ACPropulsion
- ElectroAuto
- EcoModdder
- DIY ElectricCar
- DIY ElectricCar Spitwire
- Water Enhanced MPG
- VentureBeat
- CalCars
- A Better Place Article
- Hemp Car
- Concept Car
- Pure Energy Systems
- XP Vehicle Article
- Spark-EV's Difficult Story
- Green Tech Gazette
- Gas2
- The Environmental Age
- Hugg Green
- GreenCar Journal
- LATimes: Norway City Electric Car
- Plug in America
- CoachBuilt History
- Auto Solar Energy
- Spirt Avert AG (Mindset)
- Didik History
- AutoBlogGreen
- FreeAmsterdam
- LIU
- CarNews1
- CarNews2
- CarNews3
- Gazan Invention
- Aeroscraft Dirigibles