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    Greenhouse Gas: Environmental Impact of Vehicle Pollution

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    Vehicles that rely on fossil fuels produce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that harm the environment and human health. Transportation accounts for 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. Switching to public transportation can help reduce an individual's carbon footprint by 10% annually and curb nationwide carbon emissions by 37 million metric tons, equivalent to eliminating electricity usage in several major cities. Public transit also saves households thousands of dollars per year in fuel and other costs. Riding public transportation is a greener, safer, and less stressful alternative to driving.

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    Greenhouse Gas: Environmental Impact of Vehicle Pollution

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    Vehicles that rely on fossil fuels produce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that harm the environment and human health. Transportation accounts for 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. Switching to public transportation can help reduce an individual's carbon footprint by 10% annually and curb nationwide carbon emissions by 37 million metric tons, equivalent to eliminating electricity usage in several major cities. Public transit also saves households thousands of dollars per year in fuel and other costs. Riding public transportation is a greener, safer, and less stressful alternative to driving.

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    Vehicles that rely on fossil fuels produce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that harm the environment and human health. Transportation accounts for 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. Switching to public transportation can help reduce an individual's carbon footprint by 10% annually and curb nationwide carbon emissions by 37 million metric tons, equivalent to eliminating electricity usage in several major cities. Public transit also saves households thousands of dollars per year in fuel and other costs. Riding public transportation is a greener, safer, and less stressful alternative to driving.

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    Vehicles that rely on fossil fuels produce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that harm the environment and human health. Transportation accounts for 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. Switching to public transportation can help reduce an individual's carbon footprint by 10% annually and curb nationwide carbon emissions by 37 million metric tons, equivalent to eliminating electricity usage in several major cities. Public transit also saves households thousands of dollars per year in fuel and other costs. Riding public transportation is a greener, safer, and less stressful alternative to driving.

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    What wonderful inventions cars, trains, buses and airplanes have been!

    They have allowed us to


    explore our Earth quicker and for a lower price, but unfortunately the fossil energies they
    require are the main reason for our air pollution problems. Our transportation needs produce
    30% of all greenhouse gas emissions. But there are green solutions to reduce air
    pollution and make transportation cleaner and healthier; one of them is the use of your public
    transportation systems. This is why and how:
    Environmental impact of Vehicle Pollution
    The combustion of fossil fuels such as natural gas and gasoline used for our means of
    transportation produces harmful chemicals, among them carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas,
    which is the main pollutant and contributor to warming Earth. Over the past 150 years, cars,
    planes and power plants have released enough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to raise its
    levels higher than ever before. Single car emissions are generally low, but added to the
    emissions from millions of vehicles daily used creates a major impact upon the environment and
    the air quality.
    Car pollution reaches from water pollution to noise pollution, air pollution to global warming, to
    impacting human health. On-road motor vehicles not only release Carbon Dioxide but
    alsoOxides of Nitrogen, which contribute to the formation of acid rain. They are also precursors
    to the formation of ozone (smog), which damages the respiratory system and injures plants. In
    the West, around 6% of the population will die from air pollution and, its no surprise that the car
    industry is responsible for up to 80% of urban air pollution.

    Cars and trucks are the single largest users of petroleum, consuming about 43% of the total and about 16% of
    the total energy used in the U.S.

    The air pollution from motor vehicles causes a variety of human and environmental problems that
    could be avoided or at least easily reduced. Among the green solutions that help to reduce

    greenhouse gas emissions, there is public transportation. In truth, public transportation


    benefits are even more numerous that you may think.
    Benefits of public transit:
    As a daily commuter, public transit can help you to save gas and money. According to an APTA
    study, access to bus and rail lines can reduce driving by 4,400 miles per household annually.
    Americans living in areas served by public transportation save 640 million gallons of fuel annually
    in congestion reduction alone. Public transportations overall effects save the United States 4.2
    billion gallons of gasoline annually. This green community transportation provides an
    affordable, and for many, necessary, alternative to driving. Households that are likely to use
    public transportation on a given day save more than $10,000 every year. Free public
    transportation makes them save even more money.

    A single commuter switching his or her daily commute to public transportation can reduce his or her carbon
    emissions by 10%

    In addition, public transportation systems reduce your carbon footprint. One person
    switching to public transit can cut annual carbon emissions by more than 4,800 pounds.
    Communities that invest in public transit curb the nations carbon emissions by 37 million metric
    tons annually: equivalent to if New York City; Washington, DC; Atlanta; Denver; and Los Angeles
    combined stopping using electricity.
    On an individual scale, you can help limit your carbon dioxide emissions, and therefore your
    global warming impact, by changing your driving habits. Enjoy your next trip on bus or rail lines,
    take a nap, read, get to know your neighbor, and above all know that its greener, safer, more
    affordable and less stressful than driving your car.

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