Energy plays an important role in human activities. The utilization of fossil fuel based energy resources has increased the impact on the global environmental issues such as CO2 emissions that contribute to global warming and a drastic climate changing. The need of exploitation of new sources such as renewable energy (RE) becomes crucial. The combination of multi-source renewable energies at the distribution stage and the proper energy management will definitely reducing the cost of operation and could deliver the best efficiency and reliability to the users.
Hybrid cars have been hailed as an exciting green advancement for the vehicle and transport industry. Using dual electric and petrol engines, models such as the Prius …show more content…
But you can at least offset this with the lower running costs of a hybrid vehicle and the car tax exemptions. Hybrid cars also tend to offer longer guarantee and warranties on their vehicles, which will give you more peace of mind when making the investment.
Some drivers are put off from hybrid vehicle due to the differences they feel when they're driving them. For example, when stationary or travelling at a low speed, the battery engine is virtually silent - which can be disconcerting for drivers who may think the car sounds like it's cut out. The noise, or lack of, has also drawn criticism from road safety pressure groups, who believe that the lack of noise the vehicle makes could inadvertently lead to a rise in car accidents on the road involving pedestrians or other vehicles.
Hybrid vehicle are less powerful, in general, than regular cars of a similar size, because the petrol part of the engine is smaller than you get in single engine petrol cars, and the electric motor is low power. However hybrid car engines are still usually around 1.5 litres - not insignificant, and particularly suitable for safer town or city