CO2 emission reduction for vehicles

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Why should we care about CO2 emissions?

The Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and land are heated from the radiation of the sun. The radiation passes through the outer atmosphere and gets reflected by the Earth’s surface, but the Earth’s atmosphere prevents the radiation from dissipating into space. This however enables life on planet Earth, because temperatures would be approximately -18 °C without the atmospheres function. The amount of how much radiation escapes the atmosphere into space depends on the concentration of greenhouse gases. These greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, nitrous oxide, chemokine, sulphur hexafluoride and many more [1].

CO2 emissions are produced by the combustion engine, which is directly linked to the fuel consumption.

The more fuel is burned, the more CO2 emissions are being produced.

The more CO2 emissions are produced the higher the concentration of the atmosphere becomes.

If the concentration of the atmosphere increases the Earth heats up, which results in

· Sea level rise

· Reduction of the ozone layer

· Increased extreme weather

· Spread of diseases

· Ecosystem change

· Impacts on agriculture

This has to be avoided and since vehicles greatly contribute to CO2 emissions, it should be considered to make changes to them.

These changes will include measures which will strongly affect snugness, but these changes are overdue, our responsibility towards the environment and simply essential for future generations.

When reducing CO2 emissions for vehicles, it is aimed at decreasing the fuel consumption, which also means less money to spend on fuel and car insurance.

Improving the efficiency of vehicles is therefore advantageous for the environment and for the car owner.

The CO2 emissions generated by humans can be viewed in the video below, which indicates the essential need to change. (the video takes 15 seconds to load)