Doing my persuasive Agrument paper on gas vs electric cars any ideas?

Question

Why people should buy electric and energy efficient cars to help the enviroment and how much you can save on gas is an idea that someone gave me to do on my paper but I need some good solid points and sources.. Anyone have any good ones or websites?

Also its a persuasive argument paper.. I haven't done one of these in some time so can someone give me a run down on how I should set it up. Has to be 2 papers min.

Thanks soooo much lol

Answer 1

I wrote something on that a while back, use anything you like (but cite me properly).  At $3.00/gallon, the cost of a gas-powered car is reaching the cost of a solar-powered electric car.  Further, the price of oil is headed up while the price of solar and wind power is headed down.

Answer 2

Check out this link -

http://www.teamassociated.com/questions/...

Answer 3

gas vs elec  ,  the blown fuel drag racers are being blown away by the elec drag race cars ... something to look into

thats a start for you

Answer 4

Please visit OSGV.ORG , the Open Source Green Vehicle (OSGV) project.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I have several things to offer:

One you should by an electric vehicle beacuse it is calen burning. There are absolutely no emmisions. Since there are no emissions it helps the environment a lot. If the electricity is porduced by solar the cost of a fillup would be less than a dollar.

Here what your outline should look like

I: Intro

A: Quick desciption on gasoline and electric cars

II: Detailed info on Gas Cars

A: Pros

B: Cons

C: Other Info

III: Detailed Info on electric Cars

A: Pros

B: Cons

C: Other Info

IV: Summary

A: Quick Conclusion how eclectric Cars could be better than gas cares and how they can be Improved

Here are some sources

www.puregreencars.com

Go to http://ecowellness.multiply.com/ and go to the section excellent environmental websites. Part of that section will be dedicated to alternative fuel vehicles.

I hope this helps!

Answer 7

Encyclopedia of Earth

http://www.eoearth.org/article/Ten_most_...

for a detailed report on the true and hidden costs of oil and gasoline

also at:  http://www.monitor.net/monitor/10-9-95/o...

And here's an article about how we could have a 65% solar electrical grid in the U.S. by 2050 and almost 100% by 2100  

Check out this article in Scientific American about how to achieve this solar electric grid.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-so...

Then we could have electric cars entirely,  because the grid would provide clean juice for charging them.