Environmentally Friendly Reasons To Choose A Hybrid
Whether OPEC likes it or not, hybrid owners are changing the
landscape for car sales and automobile ownership. The process
has been slow. Many people were not and are still not ready to
pay the extra money to buy a hybrid. Some fear that technology
will bypass the hybrid in the next couple of years, making their
purchase a bad investment. Many people do not want to be the
first one to buy a strange, new technology, just like when the
regular car came into existence. Others have found that tax
incentives and saving money on gas are the best reasons to go
hybrid. For most hybrid buyers, however, the environmental
reasons to buy one have outweighed any other reasons or any
negative fallout that is present now or foreseeable in the
future.
1. Emissions: With all the news about high gas prices and people
across the country feeling the effects in their pockets, having
a hybrid sounds like a great idea. Hybrids are super-efficient
with their use of gas because they rely on electricity for some
of their power. This has made it possible for hybrids to get
great mileage. The environmental impact is phenomenal. Hybrids
use less gas sending fewer emissions into the air. Chemicals
from dioxide, to nitrogen oxide all get into the air with gas
cars. Although hybrids still emit some fumes and toxic elements,
they are performing so well that the EPA has made special
ratings for them because they are putting about 90% fewer
emissions into the air.
2. Getting Gas: Acquiring gas has become a major concern for the
entire world. Having to build more refineries to produce gas
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will only put more chemicals into the air. Finding places to get
oil are also becoming harder to find. Many have objected to the
government's desire to drill in the protected parks of Alaska.
Depending less on oil helps contributes to less destruction of
our natural resources.
3. Effects on the Human Environment: When emissions get churned
into the air, the environment is not the only place that
suffers. The human body does not take well to the excessive
amounts of carbon dioxide, lead and other chemicals that
gas-guzzling cars use. Sitting in traffic, one experiences the
odors alone that carry the cancer causing agents. All of the
chemicals produced by emissions have been linked to cancer,
birth defects and a number of other preventable conditions.
4. Ride the Environmental Wave: Many people say that buying a
hybrid is a great idea, but not everyone buys one. It is hard to
blame people, since the cost is thousands of dollars more than
for a regular car, but for those who are taking the first steps,
they are contributing to environmental awareness. Choosing a
hybrid helps the market get the price down, which allows for
more people to buy them. Buying a hybrid is one of the best ways
to get the environmental domino effect moving.
5. Encourage the Government: Buying a hybrid car is beginning to
get some encouragement from the government. Known for being
dependant on foreign oil for years, the Federal government is
beginning to see the benefits of hybrid cars being on the market
and is offering tax credits through the end of 2006. Each person
that buys a hybrid can be eligible for up to a $2,000 credit on
their tax return. When more and more hybrids are purchased, it
is likely that the government will consider the environment in
its decisions.
Numerous other reasons to buy hybrids are being offered by the
makers of hybrids, those who have already purchased one, and by
dealerships. To many, any issues that makers are having with the
production of hybrids seem like less of a problem than finding
real ways to stay green. Emissions and efficiency have come to
the forefront of people's minds more and more as gas prices
rise. People are starting to be more concerned about the effects
of high emissions on their health, and their future
grandchildren. Choosing a hybrid makes a huge statement to the
government and to other consumers. More and more people are
beginning to "choose green" when they buy a vehicle, which
encourages more people that doing so is the right way to go.
About the author:
Gregg Hall is a business consultant and author for many online
and offline businesses and lives in Navarre Florida with his 16
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