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Renewable Energy
Hybrid Vehicles
A hybrid electric vehicle is a vehicle that uses two or more distinct power sources to propel the vehicle. The hybrid vehicle usually achieves greater fuel economy and lower emissions than conventional internal combustion engine vehicles resulting in fewer emissions being generated. Hybrid electric vehicles are a fairly new technology that combines the internal combustion engine of a conventional vehicle with the battery and electric motor of an electric vehicle. The result is a vehicle that dramatically reduces fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and smog. Hybrid vehicles are particularly efficient for city traffic where there are frequent stops, coasting and idling periods.
Gasoline prices have skyrocketed over 40-percent from the past year and there is no end in sight to rising gas prices. By consuming less gasoline as the hybrid vehicles do, we lessen our demand for foreign petroleum products. Less demand translates into less dependence. There are a lot of hybrid models on the market these days, and most automobile manufacturers have announced plans to manufacture their own versions.
Hybrid power trains are used for diesel-electric or turbo-electric railway locomotives, buses, heavy goods vehicles, mobile hydraulic machinery, and ships. Hybrid cars may have been the first on the market, but the market has expanded to include other hybrid vehicles as well. Hybrid SUVs, trucks, minivans, buses and motorcycles are all either in development or on the market as we speak.
Renewable Energy
Renewable energy effectively uses natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, hydroelectricity, micro hydro, biomass and biofuels for transportation.
