Argument Essay Research Claim: Alternative fuels are necessary, but we are still trying to come up with alternative fuels that don’t create greenhouse gas when produced or used, is reliable and better than gas or oil, and is cheap to use. Reason 1: Pollution/global warming According to the article Ethanol Increases Pollution, “Hyped as an environmentally friendly fuel, ethanol actually increases pollution, argues Sasha Lilley in the following viewpoint. Although ethanol-based fuel is cleaner, ethanol processing plants, which are powered by coal, emit greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming” (Sasha Lilley). Ethanol itself is environmentally friendly but the ethanol plants that makes ethanol also makes greenhouse gas, which can increase global warming which is why we need to switch to better fuels or find a better way to create ethanol. To successfully have hydrogen as a fuel source, it needs to have no greenhouse gas produced while it is being produced or used. According to the Joseph J. Romm, author of The Promise of Hydrogen, “The environmental paradise of a hydrogen economy rests on two pillars: a pollution-free source for the hydrogen itself and a device for converting it into useful energy without generating pollution.” At the moment, when producing hydrogen as a fuel source …show more content…
Pure EVs offer more gasoline savings per vehicle, but hybrids and plug-in hybrids offer more savings per dollar. If we have limited funds to spend in encouraging adoption, we should focus on the latter, not the former.”(Jeremy Michalek). Even though using pure electric vehicles (EV) would reduce carbon emissions dramatically, hybrids save more money which appeals more to customers looking to save money. So, to make EVs more appealing to customers, it needs to have fuel that saves more money and is reliable and charge