We hear everyday
about pollution on TV, they say that we have very old cars, they say that they
pollute a lot, they say we are responsible for global warming, they say bla, bla....
Now, we can check how
responsible we are. If we look at the technical data of our car, we will see that
it is under a legislation of contamination, probably Euro 3, Euro 4 or Euro 5.
These are all different legislation done by the EU, which is against pollution and which require manufacturers to include in their cars a lot of
things that lessen polluting. EGR, DPF and catalyst are the best-known ones. They
“help” to pollute “less”, that is right. But how do all these affect the
pollution of the world and “global warming”. Just 0,0000000001%
Why? Simple, because cars are the ones which represent the smallest part of
pollution around the world. And just an example, did you know that a single
flight between Madrid and Berlin pollutes more than all the cars in Europe in a
whole year? Why do we have to suffer all the problems these filters cause? For
example, when DPF gets old, we usually have to get it cleaned, by 3 months and
the price is €200 each time... And if we need to replace it, we will need
€1000 or maybe more!! But, maybe the problem is not our car… Still, we have to
suffer for it.
OK, OK, you will say,
but on TV they are saying all the time that we are the most responsible for global
warming. It is said in the news, it is also said by the government... And what
is the government offering now? The “PIVE”. It is an economic assistance to buy new
cars that pollute less. That is good, we will get our new car cheaper, and we
give them our old car... False!! What they want is that we buy new cars to improve
the economy and that we buy and buy, because they also get taxes from
us!!!
Apart from all that we
have seen, we also see advertisements, advertisements which say that all these
new cars pollute less than the ones we own now, advertisements which offer
hybrid cars, with very few electric range. Electric cars, which requires a new electrical installation in your garage, still need
fuel to work, because they just have a 50 km range, or maybe 100 km. This is OK
if we are driving through the city, because with 50 km it is enough, therefore, we
don't pollute. But, is this real?? No, it isn't. Although Spain is one of the
nations with more renewable energies working, most of our electricity comes
from non-renewable resources, and the most important here are nuclear and
thermal power. Is nuclear power clean? The one whose waste doesn't disappear for thousands
of years, the one that was used for atomic bombs, the one that can potentially kill animals,
people, the one which can cause damage to normal people??? Or maybe thermal power?
Most of it comes from natural gas and... Gas-oil!! But, is it the same gas-oil
that we put into our cars? No, it isn't, it is the worst gas-oil, the cheapest, the
one with more waste!! And apart from being the worst gas-oil, does it have DPF,
EGR or catalyst? No, it doesn't!!!
I thought that the new options the government were offering such as electric cars were going to reduce pollution in our planet, maybe we also need electric planes to move from one place to another. I'm still thinking that electric cars will be the future, a very near future.
ReplyDeleteAs you, I think that we have to react quickly and start making this world better, but I also think that if we don't want to reduce our consumption ( in this case the use of transport) it will be impossible.
ReplyDeleteThe pollution is a big problem even we don't take it that seriously. Electric cars aren't a good solution because we stop emitting a kind of gases by the use of them, however others would start to pollute...We should try to find another solution! -Soumiya
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