If you’re anything like us,
you may also feel the end of the world is just around one very hot corner. Seeing America’s infrastructure snap
under rising temperatures is terrifying.
Tailpipe emissions account for one-fifth of worldwide carbon
emissions. Ideally, we would combat this by pouring funding into public transit, and single passenger car trips would become a
rarity.
Instead, we’re clinging to life as usual. How do we have our automobile cake, and
eat it too?
Plug-in hybrids.
Consumer habits have shown that most Americans fear the
fully electric vehicle. Unfortunately,
the climate can’t wait for us to adjust to the idea of going to a charging
station rather than a gas station.
Luckily for future generations, drivers are willing to
compromise. Sales of plug-in
hybrid vehicles are up 381%
in just the first half of this year.
We won’t completely give up petroleum, but we are dieting.
This new breed of hybrid can travel 20 miles before
switching to gasoline. And, the
cost to charge at night is equal to a mere 75
cents per gallon of gasoline.
Plug-in hybrids are a great alternative to traditional
EVs. They ease consumers into the
ways of electric vehicles, while allowing drivers their gas tank security
blanket.
Call Solar Forward
to learn about powering your plug-in hybrid or electric vehicle with the
sun.
