Electric Cars

Persuasive Essay # 100522

Computer and Technology > Technology
English > Persuasive Writing
Environmental Studies > Environmental Problems

Electric Cars

A review of the history of the electric car and why it is so important.

3,173 words () | 10 sources | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the history of the electric car and why the electric car should become our first choice of vehicle to use. It describes the importance of the electric car in terms of global warming, rising gasoline prices and America's dependency on foreign oil. The paper then describes how the hybrid car works and why it is a good compromise between the combustion engine and the electric car. The paper presents the writer's personal reflections on the issues raised.

From the Paper:

"Global warming is all around us. Our glaciers are melting; there are more severe temperatures around the globe, not to mention natural disasters on a scale never seen before. There are several alternative sources of energy, from something as simple as harvesting the sun's energy, to something as complex as building a huge "exhaust system" out of our factories. The most damaging to our atmosphere is the combustion engine vehicle. Because we have the technology to make better cars, I made this the topic of my research paper. We, as a population, should do everything in our power to make sure that these dinosaurs of cars be put into extinction. They are literally killing our planet, and it is something that can be, and should be avoided. In the following paper, I will give facts to the testament of the electric car, and why it should be our new form of transportation."

Sample of Sources Used:

"Lessons Forgotten from days of Long Gas Lines" Christian Science Monitor June 14, 1999: 3
United States Energy Information Administration "A Primer on Gasoline Prices" May 2006 <http://eia.doe.gove/bookshelf/brochures/gasolinepricesprimer/eia1_2005primerM.html>
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Facts on Global Warming December 2005 <http://www.ncdc.noaa.gove/ao/climate/globalwarming.html>
Environmental Protection Agency Basic Information about Global Warming June 2004 <http://epa.gov/climatechange/basicinfo.html
Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia <http://en.wikipedia.org.wiki/history_of_the_electric_vehicle>