Cars and the Environment

Cars affecting the Environment

There are more than a billion different types of vehicles  being used in the world and it is expected that the figure would exceed 2 billion by 2020 of which more than half will be motorcars.

In the USA,  cars and trucks contribute about one third of the country’s smog-producing air pollution. The transportation sector is responsible for approximately 27 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

It has also been found that in the USA vehicles also contribute to water pollution through oil leakages onto the road surfaces which then wash off into storm drains, rivers and bays.

We should therefore realize how we would help to protect our environment by reducing the number of cars on the road.