Jordan DoMonte
Prius sales have gone down 45 percent since last year, but driving fuel efficient cars is now becoming a trend despite the poor sales. The number of sales for other eco friendly cars has gone up, and by 2014 over half of the united states population will have these green cars in their garages. Every major car company is working on or has made atleast one fuel efficient automobile, and many more will be available on the market.
But what has caused people to suddenly want these eco friendly cars? In America, it's not because they want to save the environment, high gas prices have caused people to think twice about choosing the right car. And the high gas prices are due to limited fossil fuel resources, and a number of other complications. Eventually, all of our fossil fuels will be used up, and we're already finding it harder to reach them.
Although the ads say we should buy them to save the environemnt, all we reallly want is to save a couple bucks. Trucks and SUV's are really costly to fill up, but we need them to tend to the larger families, so now we're seeing more and more of them as fuel efficient. Although there are now stricter emissions standards for new cars, we still see people driving gas guzzlers from the 70's and 80's, because these cars are just a cheaper buy. Again, money being the reason for the car, and not whether it's environmental or not.
Another reason these cars are becoming a trend is because some of them are actually cheap and somewhat stylish. The Toyota Yaris is 12,000 dollars brand new, yet gets 30mpg, being a cheap car, and cheap on gas. The brand new Honda Civic are around 15,000 dollars, and get about 28 mpg's, and are a popular choice among teenagers. Even American car makers including Chevrolet have been putting out cheap, fuel efficient cars. The Chevy Aveo is economically sane at 11,000 dollars, and evironmentally safe with 32 mpg's!
But is just the high gas prices and shortage of fossil fuels? The economy is also playing a big part in this, as it is with almost everything. It's a fact, money's tight, we don't have that much money to be spending on gas guzzling, bohemoth suv's and trucks. We have to be smart about our money, and green cars are a great way to do so. Some cars have a system where using the stepping on the breaks can actually generate power to fuel the car! Take that, Hummer.
So, because of the shortage of fossil fuels, the rough economy,(and in other parts of the world, the environment) we're seeing more fuel efficient cars. And no matter what your reason is for buying one, it's always a good thing.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/06/prius_sales.html
http://www.bionomicfuel.com/60-of-american-families-will-have-an-eco-car-in-their-garage-by-2014/
http://www.chevrolet.com/aveo-family/
http://www.toyota.com
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The introduction starts off pretty well with a stat, and I follow it up well I think. I used multiple sources, but I didn't actually talk to anyone, or have an intreview, and I need something like that. But the information I think is presented pretty well, and everything is in the right place.
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1) The assignment was asking Jordan to write a research paper in which he identifies a trend and analyzes multiple causes and effects. He was expected to prove the trend exists and use at least two scholarly articles in his research. The paper should be at least three
ReplyDeletepages long, in MLA style, and have a bibliography.
2) Jordan met the requirements for the assignment to an extent. He clearly identifies a trend, but needs to analyze more causes and effects. His paper is also too short. He did
use multiple sources though, and the line “Prius sales have gone down 45 percent since
last year, but driving fuel efficient cars is now becoming a trend despite the poor sales”
starts the paper off by using a stat and clearly stating his thesis.
3) The area that needs the most work is his analyses of the causes and effects. When he
states “because of the shortage of fossil fuels, the rough economy,(and in other parts of
the world, the environment) we're seeing more fuel efficient cars” he names some good causes but doesn’t do much analyses of them. What sort of effects these cars are having on the automotive industry or even the environment is something else he should look into.
4) Two questions about the draft: Is this trend something that you see more of every day? I like smaller, more gas efficient cars, but I can’t seem to drive more than a minute without seeing a giant SUV. With the depletion of fossil fuels becoming more of an issue do you think the focus will shift from gas efficient cars to alternate fuels? One suggestion I have for improving the paper would be to find out when the trend started.