Essay about Electric cars

Submitted By Acjwade1819
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Energy is a very important part of society. Without it, we would not be able to live. Many different sources power our lives and fulfill our energy needs. The automobile is one part of American culture that we are highly dependent on. Most cars today are powered using gasoline, put gasoline pollutes the air and is expensive and a non-renewable resource. Scientists have been working to find new ways to make and power cars so that we are not as heavily dependent on gasoline cars. One of the ways they have found to do this is an electric car, and I believe that electric cars could solve most of the problems generated by gasoline powered cars.

Electrically powered cars are less pollutant that gasoline powered cars. Using electric cars will help to clean up our environment and air quality. According to howstuffworks.com, "The energy generated to power the electric car and the energy to move the car is 97 percent cleaner in terms of noxious pollutants." More dependency of electrically powered cars would mean that our fuel costs would decrease. Electricity and the cost to refuel an electric car costs significantly less than the price of filling up a gasoline engine. According to howstuffworks.com, "The electric car would cost no more than $1.25 to fill up regularly. In New York terms, that's less than a token on the subway."

Some critics of electrically powered cars say that they are impractical because they take a long time to charge and don't go a very long way