According with a waste service company, air pollution is one of the most pressing environmental problems to be the way we live and environmentally friendly vehicles are a help.
What is air pollution?
According with a waste service company, air pollution is one of the first problems of this nature affect us because without drinking or eating can be breathless days but usually just 4 minutes. The air is made up of 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen, 0.093 of argon and other water vapor. And this is what beings aerobic (need oxygen to exist) need to live.
When these elements are altered by the hand of man (pollution from factories, vehicle explosion, etc..) Or by natural causes (volcanic eruptions, dust storms, etc..) There is air pollution.
According with a waste service company, usually the main cause is usually that which comes from human origin and not just big factories, also the ordinary citizen can do something about it.
Major air pollutants
The main excuses of air pollution of human origin are industry and transport. According to official data, the public transport of passengers, cargo and individuals producing 80% of pollutants into the atmosphere, 3% industry and the remaining 10% trade and services.
The daily fuel consumption is about 43 million liters of fuel per day. There are 3.5 million cars circulating daily combustion engine.
The main pollutants from fossil fuel vehicles that affect health are:
Carbon monoxide: Expelled by partial combustion in motor vehicle gasoline.
The hydrocarbons produced by components of gasoline and other petroleum products.
Lead: Used as a fuel additive, is anti-knock gasoline.
Air pollution, health and economy
In Spain 10% of the official budget until recently (the crisis is going down the figures) is intended for public health regarding cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, many of them linked to air pollution and smoking.
According to a study of O.M.S. (World Health Organization) in 2009, air pollution has killed around 2 million people worldwide each year directly and indirectly.
Without going into numbers we can say that air pollution directly affects it destroys ecosystems, environment, atmosphere, becomes unproductive planting large areas of ruins and water sources and pollutes the water, not only important in any economic activity but to of life.
Environmentally friendly vehicles to prevent air pollution
To assist in keeping the atmosphere free of pollutants by the ordinary people are the best option environmentally friendly vehicles. These cars have a technology increasingly comparable to those of fossil fuel. They are even coming to market high-end models. Some types of green cars have almost zero emissions to the atmosphere.
Types of environmentally friendly vehicles
Green vehicles as a means to prevent air pollution are becoming more affordable. They have different types of propulsion energy, alternative fuels and minimal or almost no polluting emissions into the atmosphere.
The green car types most important are:
Electric car: It drives one or more electric motors, is rechargeable in conventional outlets of homes and reduce air pollution (CO2).