Electric Cars Essay

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George W. Bush once stated “America is addicted to oil…the best way to break this addiction is through technology.” The United States consumes more oil than any other country even more than China, which is the most populate countries. The United States has used this natural resource in many ways, but mostly it is converted to gasoline which is used for automobiles. Many Americans are concerned about gasoline problems, such as gas prices, oil supply, war over access to foreign oil and air pollution. Many people have attempted to find another alternative to oil to solve these problems. Compared to gasoline powered cars, electric cars use electricity as fuel instead of gasoline. Many people believe that electric cars are better than gasoline powered cars as they seem to have a variety of advantages to society and the environment. However, electric cars can be considered as economically and socially unsuitable because they are very expensive and not prevalent. As a result of this, many consumers find it is very difficult to obtain the electric cars. In order for electric cars to become economically and socially viable, the government should promote electric car programs and subsidies because the electric vehicle is the best solution to the problems.

As the United States imports many gallons of oil from many other countries, the advantage of electric cars will help to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil. On an everyday basis, the United States consumes about 70% of 400 million gallons of oil for transportation including automobiles, air travel, rail road and transit. As mention before, the increases of oil dependence have transfer wealth to the foreign country. According to the article “Plugging Cars ...

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...thium-ion batteries can be considered as a poison to human’s health and also on the biosphere. If the battery is overheating, it can burst into flames which produce fume and toxic. Since a battery has limited lifespan, the electric vehicles will need a new battery over the period of time. The lifespan of the lithium-ion battery have an average about five years or the maximum of 100,000 miles. The costs of the battery can be considered very expensive as it will cost the consumers several thousands of dollars to buy a new pack of battery.

Even though electric cars can be considered beneficial to the society, the economic and social instability of electric cars have reduced the expansion of the use of electric car in society. The cost of electric car’s fuel is cheaper than gasoline prices. However, the cost of electric cars has higher prices than gasoline cars.