Gas Powered Cars Are Superior to Electric Vehicles Essay

Why Gas Vehicles are Better than Electric VehiclesElectric vehicles (EVs) are touted as being the best option for reducing carbon emissions and saving the planet with regards to daily transportation. Yet when one looks at it, one can see that gas vehicles are actually better for the planet in many ways and do not require a total overhaul of the national infrastructure. There are other reasons EVs are problematic as well: for one thing, drivers of EVs have to deal with range anxietyi.e., not being able to go as far as they may like without having to stop somewhere and recharge for a long amount of time. Another problem with EVs is that if everyone were to switch to them, there is simply not enough resources in the world to cope with the demand. This essay will argue and explain, therefore, why gas vehicles are better than electric vehicles in four ways: gas vehicles are already largely safe for the environment (cows are far bigger polluters in terms of carbon emissions than are cars); there is no existing infrastructure for EVs and it would require trillions in infrastructure overhaul to provide it; gas vehicles can go virtually anywhere and be within striking distance of a gas station whereas trips with EVs have to be carefully planned ahead of time because EV charging stations are not nearly as prevalent and charging takes a lot of time; and, finally, EVs require resources that would lead to strip mining for rare earth minerals and likely war as nations fight over control of regions rich in rare earth minerals.Gas vehicles are better than electric vehicles because they are cheaper than EVs and do not actually cause the kind of pollution critics think they cause (UN, 2006). As the United Nations report shows, rearing cattle is a bigger source of pollution than driving a gas-powered vehicle: When emissions from land use and land use change are included, the livestock sector accounts for 9 per cent of CO2 deriving from human-related activities, but produces a much larger share of even more harmful greenhouse gases. It generates 65 per cent of human-related nitrous oxide, which has 296 times the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of CO2. Most of this comes from manure (UN, 2006). The fact is that gas-powered cars have been unfairly targeted by climate activists, and those activists are used by industrialists like Elon Musk and other EV investors to market their own products as better and as more environmentally-friendly to consumers. But this is not true. Gas-powered cars have been through so many modifications and overhauls over the years that their emissions are very clean…

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…prices would come down, and gas vehicles would be even more affordable. But it is this push for green energy by the government that has led to skyrocketing fuel costs, and that in turn is not going to make owning an EV any more affordable.In conclusions, gas vehicles are better than EVs because gas vehicles are safe for the environment and do not need to be phased out to make the air cleaner. Plus, gas vehicles are supported by sufficient infrastructure for maintenance and refueling; EVs are not, and to switch over the infrastructure would cost trillions upon trillions of dollars. Drivers of gas vehicles can drive anywhere without having to worry about finding gas since refueling stations are everywhere; but drivers of EVs tend to experience range anxiety due to lack of options when it comes to recharging. EVs are also dependent on rare earth metals that require mining, which pollutes just as much if not more than oil drilling, and the possession of lands rich in rare earth metals is likely to be a cause of conflict among nations leading to new wars. None of this is to mention about the problems of EVs such as self-driving, and lack of overall quality production. EVs are simply a gimmick that has been pushed as all fads and gimmicks are pushed. It…