1. Energy Efficiency & Clean Fuels For Utah Driver Education
Fueling the Future

2. Important time in life

3. What are some of the advantages of being able to drive?
What are some of the disadvantages of driving?

4. Responsible Drivers – Responsible Citizens
Being Aware
Steward of our Earth
Improving our way of Life

5. The Salt Lake Tribune NATION Tuesday, Sept
The Salt Lake Tribune NATION Tuesday, Sept. 27, Bush Urges Americans to Conserve Fuel
NEW ORLEANS --- President Bush called on Americans on Monday to conserve fuel and cut nonessential car trips in the wake of two major hurricanes… …Bush also directed federal agencies and departments to cut nonessential travel and urged federal employees to use car pools or mass transit to get to work, Bush said everyone can “pitch in” by “being better conservers of energy”…

6. How do you get to and from school?
How many of you take the bus?
How many walk?
How many bike?
How many drive or have somebody drive you?
How many of you share a car?

7. Salt Lake Tribune Sept. 23, 2005 Alternative Fuel? Try Hay
Costly gas makes Utahns creative

8. It’s a fact….
Europeans make 40 to 50 percent of their trips by walking or biking and about 10 percent by public transit. In contrast, 87 percent of trips in the United States are by car; only 3 percent involve public transit.
John Pucher, Rutger University

9. The Only Way to Go?
Despite the advances in electronic “travel”, the use of automobiles continues to grow. Twenty-five years ago a typical American family had one car. Now the family average is 2.5 cars. This number may continue to increase. In many other countries, transit such as rail, bike, boat, and foot travel predominate. But in America, the automobile continues to be the “way to go.”

10. People Today are Driving More Than Ever Before
Air quality has been a national issue for many years and much has been done to lessen the amount of pollution being released in the atmosphere
Automobile emissions result from the combustion or burning of fuels
½ of all air pollution and more than 80% of urban air pollution comes from the emissions from the more than 190 million cars and trucks in this country
Vehicle emitted pollutants such as hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide pose serious harmful health problems

11. Principle Pollutants in the Clean Air Act
CARBON MONOXIDE (CO)
NITROGEN OXIDES (NO,NO2)
SMOG (TROPSHERIC OZONE)
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC)
PARTICULATE MATTER (DUST, SOOT, AND SMOKE)
SULFUR DIOXIDE (SO2)
LEAD

12. FREEDOM OF CHOICE Various modes of transportation
Choice of vehicle driven - options
Proper vehicle maintenance
Commute in energy/fuel efficient ways
Alternative Fuel vehicles

13. FREEDOM OF CHOICE
“We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.”
Marian Wright Edelman, Familes in Peril Cambridge, MA: Harvard, 1987

14. VEHICLE CHOICE Fuel consumption rating Vehicle weight Engine Size
Fuel injection system
Manual vs. Automatic transmissions
Aerodynamic design
Ventilation
Front-wheel vs All-wheel drive
options
Tires

15. VEHICLE MAINTENANCE Tires – inflated, rotated and aligned
Oil checked regularly
Check wheel alignment
Oil and gas filter change (every 3 months)
Regular air filter inspection
Battery terminal cleaning
Brake, power steering, coolant, antifreeze and
underbody lubrication
Check hoses, belts and wire
Emission control System
Tune-ups twice a year (at least)
Check for leaks

16. BENEFITS OF VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
You will save money on gas
You will save money by not having to deal with expensive, serious repairs
You’ll reduce the amount of gas you need to buy, so you’re helping conserve a scarce resource.
You’re decreasing the pollution from your car’s tailpipe

17. COMMUTE IN ENERGY/FUEL EFFICIENT WAYS
Select the best route – few stops and smooth roads
Make fewer trips
Combine errands
Select off-peak times
Car pool
Walk, bicycle or take the bus
Avoid excessive idling
Warm the car up by driving it
Obey the speed limit
Accelerate smoothly
Use an alternative fuel vehicle

18. Why Alternative Fuels
U.S. consumes more than ¼ of world’s oil production
Currently 5 OPEC countries control 2/3 of world’s known oil reserves
U.S. imports more than ½ its daily oil supply from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and/or Mexico
Politics are very much a part of this unstable region of the world

20. Why Alternative Fuels
U.S. transportation sector accounts for approximately 2/3 of all petroleum use
U.S. transportation sector accounts for roughly ¼ of total U.S. energy consumption
Any effort to decrease our use of oil hinges on reducing its use in transportation
Reduce trade deficit
Create jobs
Promote economic activity
Sale of U.S. produced fuels keeps every dollar in this country

21. Common Alternative Fuels
Electric
Ethanol
Natural Gas
Propane
Hydrogen
Biodiesel

22. Transportation Challenge
America is heading down a new road toward reducing its dependency on petroleum fuels
New legislation is hastening use of alternative fuels
New technologies are continuously being developed to utilize alternative fuels
Alternative fuels significantly decrease pollutants in the atmosphere
Alternative fuels conserve natural resources
Help protect the environment
Reduce foreign oil dependency

23. Another added bonus…
Alternative Fueled Vehicles are eligible for a “C” Plate and may be driven in the HOV lane with only ONE occupant

24. Operating Cost Comparison
Typical SUV averaging 15 miles/gallon at $2.80/gallon gasoline = more than $.19/mile vs
Honda Civic GX averaging 32 miles/gallon at $1.25/gasoline gallon equivalent = less than $.04/mile =
Real savings of $.15/mile. Based on typical vehicle use of 10,000 miles/year, this equates to savings of $1,500.00/year.

25. Alternative Fuel Vehicles Internal Combustion Engine
Concept
Powerplant Vision
21st Century
Fuel Cells
Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Internal Combustion Engine
...Hybrids...
Honda is currently conducting research with alternative fuels and various vehicle “powerplants.” But while some show promise for the future, it may be decades before society develops the necessary infrastructures to make them viable alternatives for the mainstream. Honda believes that the way to make the biggest and most immediate impact on the environmental problems we face is to improve gasoline engines which are used by millions of people around the world, while at the same time providing great alternatives like our dedicated natural gas Honda Civic GX and hybrids today and continuing the necessary research into technology like fuel cells for tomorrow.

26. Hybrids
Toyota Prius
Honda Insight
Ford Escape

27. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CLEAN FUELS
How does it affect you as driver education students?
Responsible Drivers – Responsible Citizens
Freedom to make educated choices
Involved in decisions as to what modes of transportation are used
Designers/innovators of new technologies

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