Reducing Car Pollution By: Noah Saar, Hunter Billings, Allan Johnson, and Paul Luther

Car Pooling To start off, car pooling is a great way to reduce emission. It’s a simple yet practical way to decrease pollution, seeing as there is at least one less vehicle on the road. Car pooling cuts pollution in half or even more.

Car Pooling-Objective Environment- Decrease the amount of vehicles on the road. Economy- Save money on gas. Social- Car pooling might open people up to public transportation.

Car Maintenance Car pollution has a lot to do with how your vehicle is maintained. Ensuring proper maintenance of your motor vehicle reduces pollution significantly.

Car Maintenance Continued Some examples of simple things you can do to maintain your car are: Check Transmission Fluids Check Brake Fluids Check Power Steering Fluids Check Your Coolant Level Clean Air Filter Regularly(”Crucial”, 1)

Car Maintenance- Objective Environment- Decrease individual car emissions by maintaining your car. Economy- The work you put into your car to maintain it will save money by preventing future problems. Social- Car maintenance will reduce the number of car failures, and possibly accidents in the long run.

Regular Oil Changes Oil changes at regular time intervals are recommended. Oil changes are necessary even if the car is unused for some time. Remember to avoid using poor quality oil and lubricant. (”Crucial”, 4)

Oil Changes- Objective Environment- Preserves the state of the engine components, to prevent harmful emissions. Economy- Changing oil regularly improves gas mileage, saving money on gas. Social- People won’t be as affected by the price of gas, when they’re conserving their gas.

Tire Pressure Well inflated tires help a vehicle to run smoothly and efficiently. It helps a car to use less fuel and hence, reduce harmful emissions(“Top”, 4).

Tire Pressure- Objective Environment- Well inflated tires don’t wear out as quickly, keeping rubber tires from ending up in landfills, as well as keeping your car’s engine from doing too much work and releasing emissions. Economy- Having well maintained tires will ensure you don’t need to change them as often, and ensuring your car conserves gas more efficiently, saving you money on tires and gas. Social- A well maintained car means less accidents, longer car life, and no need to spend any extra money on replacement tires.

Driving Methods One should be cautious to refrain from aggressive driving. It’s much more practical to drive at a steady pace to avoid changing the rate of acceleration too much. This improves the vehicle’s fuel economy. Higher fuel efficiency brings about less fuel consumption and less emissions(“Top”, 7).

Driving Methods-Objective Environment- More efficient driving methods require less fuel consumption, decreasing pollution of our environment. Economy- Decreases gas used. Helps save money on gas. Social- Safer and more efficient driving methods means better fuel economy and less accidents. Aggressive drivers are the causes of the majority of accidents.

Car Idling Car idling, often seen as a necessary preparation before driving in cold weather, does not actually have a significant effect on your car. Simply driving your car warms your car’s engine much more effectively than idling does. Idling your car for extended periods of time wears out your vehicle’s engine, and causes it to expel more pollution(“Top”, 9).

Car Idling-Objective Environment- Car idling is a major source of pollution. Cars don’t need to warm up first, it’s a myth. If you skip car idling, you’ll save on gas, and help our environment. Economy- Car idling burns up a lot of gas. If we stop doing this, we’ll save quite a bit of money on gas. Social- If more people followed this trend and didn’t car idle, we would significantly affect the quality of our air by decreasing pollution.

Extra Weight Remove any extra weight from the vehicle. Too much weight in the vehicle exerts more pressure on the engine to pull the vehicle. Increased engine pressure means more fuel consumption. This significantly increases how much pollution your vehicle exerts. (“Top”, 11)

Extra Weight-Objective Environment- Less weight means less pollution. We’re trying to reduce fuel consumption, and that’s precisely what this does. Economy- The need for lighter cars using lightweight metals will increase, creating a bigger market for these kinds of cars, which will in the long run stimulate our economy, while saving us money on gas. Social- Less weight on a car means better mileage. If you replaced all of that weight with other people, then you could just start car pooling. Car pooling, while it exerts extra weight, will definitely save you money.

Public Transportation Think about it, public transportation will be out and running whether you use it or not. If you use public transportation, you’re reducing the amount of cars out their releasing harmful emission.

Public Transportation-Objective Environment- This significantly decreases the amount of cars on the road, which decreases pollution very significantly. Economy- Public transportation is very cheap and will save you large amounts of money. We will have a need for it again, and will help us save money. Social- Everyone coming together and bringing back a need for public transportation, helping us significantly decrease emissions together as a whole.

Air Conditioning Use of an air conditioner increases the load on the engine. This increases emissions. Try opening the window to cool the inside of your vehicle. Also, park in the shade if you can to prevent the car from heating up in the sun. Besides keeping the interior temperature of your car more comfortable, you will lessen the pollution and waste that occurs when gasoline evaporates from the engine and gas tank (Weilenmann, 1).

Air Conditioning-Objective Environment- Decreasing dependency on air conditioning will decrease the load on the engine making it easier to accelerate. This significantly decreases emissions. Economy- Decreased emissions means better fuel economy. This means there’s still a lot more money to be saved on gas. Social- For obvious reasons, a better fuel economy will continue to affect our society positively, as will cleaner air have the same effect.

Fuel Saving Devices-Myths? Fuel magnets, vortex generators, engine ionizers, mixture enhancers, vapor injectors, and water injectors. These are all devices which claim to increase fuel economy by 12% and even more, but there’s not enough evidence to support these claims. Don’t waste your money on these until there’s more evidence, and if there’s ever more research done on things like water injectors and the like, and just keep an eye open. (“Gas”, 2) (“Looking”, 2)

Conclusion. There are many ways in which we may significantly reduce fuel consumption and harmful emissions. It’s up to us to follow these guidelines and put it in action. This isn’t just one individual project that some people should follow. This is a group effort. It’s our planet, and our economy. Reducing harmful emissions, as well as dependence on oil is vital for our future, it’s up to us as inhabitants of this planet. With the future, new technologies are sure to arise making all of this much easier, but for now, this is what we must do.

Presented by, Noah Saar. Hunter Billings. Allan Johnson. Paul Luther.

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