Hybrid and Electric Cars
In the article Hybrid and Electric Cars, the author addresses the claim that electric vehicles resolve or improve a variety of modern problems. His article states that there is controversy regarding this claim. Using elements of rhetoric, the author impresses on the reader that electric cars are not the best solution for the environment nor the economy. The author first argues that electric vehicles best serve American interests. First, the writer quotes Brian Wynne, stating “There is clear national interest in using domestic electricity in our vehicles to reduce dependence on oil, increase energy security, encourage job growth, and drive savings at the gas pump.” Wynne also praises government efforts to accelerate …show more content…
According to Henry Lee, the director of the Environment and Natural Resources program at Harvard University, electric vehicles could make roads by 2020 to 2030, but instead for now car-makers should focus on manufacturing increasingly efficient gas-powered vehicles. Walter McManus, an economist and a former market analyst at General Motors, praises the Obama administration’s new fuel efficiency standards, to double fuel efficiency for U.S. cars and light trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. “Manufacturers will have to make everything lighter across their fleet… They’ll have to address all of the ways that today’s cars use energy,” he deducts. Another claim that the author argues is, the only way to reduce oil dependence and the impact of cars on the climate, is a major cultural change. Analysts recommend that instead of driving, drivers should carpool, use public transportation, or bike or walk whenever possible. Some analysts such as Bill Lebon, claim that the average car consumes more energy being produced than it will use during it’s entire lifetime, and that electric cars consume even more during this process. “Promoting ‘green cars’ falsely impresses people that car culture can somehow be good,” LeBon
In the article Hybrid and Electric Cars, the author addresses the claim that electric vehicles resolve or improve a variety of modern problems. His article states that there is controversy regarding this claim. Using elements of rhetoric, the author impresses on the reader that electric cars are not the best solution for the environment nor the economy. The author first argues that electric vehicles best serve American interests. First, the writer quotes Brian Wynne, stating “There is clear national interest in using domestic electricity in our vehicles to reduce dependence on oil, increase energy security, encourage job growth, and drive savings at the gas pump.” Wynne also praises government efforts to accelerate …show more content…
According to Henry Lee, the director of the Environment and Natural Resources program at Harvard University, electric vehicles could make roads by 2020 to 2030, but instead for now car-makers should focus on manufacturing increasingly efficient gas-powered vehicles. Walter McManus, an economist and a former market analyst at General Motors, praises the Obama administration’s new fuel efficiency standards, to double fuel efficiency for U.S. cars and light trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. “Manufacturers will have to make everything lighter across their fleet… They’ll have to address all of the ways that today’s cars use energy,” he deducts. Another claim that the author argues is, the only way to reduce oil dependence and the impact of cars on the climate, is a major cultural change. Analysts recommend that instead of driving, drivers should carpool, use public transportation, or bike or walk whenever possible. Some analysts such as Bill Lebon, claim that the average car consumes more energy being produced than it will use during it’s entire lifetime, and that electric cars consume even more during this process. “Promoting ‘green cars’ falsely impresses people that car culture can somehow be good,” LeBon