A QUANTITATIVE EXPLORATION OF THE USE OF SUSTANABLE TRANSPORTATION

Transport is an issue, which in some form affects everyone. In the current environment, each one of us plays a role in the continuous maltreatment, which is occurring. The economy is at a low, rebounding from a unkind recession, the natural recurrence of fossil fuels which we, the general public rely on is at a deplete and yet there is an avoidance of acknowledgement of these situations by the nation.

It is of interest to the author to understand why people are not using sustainable transport. Are people oblivious to the harm which they are structuring each day? Fossil fuels are created by a natural progression, which is produced over millions of years, however the accumulation of this is rapidly depleting. The United States (US) holds under 5% of the world’s population, however owing to their sizeable houses and cars, the US uses over 25% of the world’s supply of fossil fuels (World Watch Institute 2013). It is the primary source of energy occurrence in the world and there have been few discoveries of large oilfields in recent years. (Simpkins, J. 2009). Therefore with the worlds population increasing yearly, the demand is growing and the supply is declining. Ireland being one of the world’s smallest countries relies heavily on the reserves of fossil fuels with non sustainable energy attaining for 89.93% of the country’s energy needs in January 2010. (Connolly et al 2011).

The economy is at a pivotal point and on a day-to-day basis many people travel to and from work with just one commuter in each car. It is of interest to research as to why the public does not try to aid the environment and their own financial status by using sustainable transport, which would be more environmentally friendly and inexpensive.

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This section provided an outline of the research, which the author adopted to complete the research questions of the project. It provides a summary of the research methodology, which was used, and the reasons for using such methods.

Ethical Issues

Ethical considerations play a huge role throughout the report. According to Cooper and Schindler (2008), “Ethics is made up of norms or standards of behaviour that guide moral choices about our behaviour and relationships with others. The goal of ethics in research is to ensure that no one is harmed or suffers adverse consequences from research activities”. Privacy of participants was of the utmost importance to the author. All information collected was used for academic purposes only.