This is a very brilliant and detailed blog. The post gives a detailed look at the problems caused by the growing number of cars worldwide and suggests ways to tackle these issues. It points out how there are billions of cars globally and how their increasing numbers lead to more pollution. This pollution is causing climate changes and is a big environmental challenge. To address this, the paragraph suggests two main strategies: finding cleaner energy sources and promoting eco-friendly transportation.
The first strategy focuses on finding better and cleaner ways to power vehicles, like using electricity, solar energy, wind power, and others instead of relying on fossil fuels like oil. But this change is not easy; it needs a lot of time, money, and effort. There are challenges in storing and transmitting the electricity needed for these vehicles.The second strategy encourages using greener ways of getting around, such as walking, cycling, using public transport like buses or subways, and adopting low-emission vehicles. It talks about how these methods not only help reduce energy use but also benefit people’s health and protect the environment.
To expand on these suggestions, it would be helpful to provide more real-life examples of cities or places where these strategies have been successful. Explaining specific technological advancements or government policies that support clean energy or green transportation could make the solutions clearer. Also, diving deeper into how communities can adapt to these changes, like making cities more bike-friendly or improving public transportation, would be valuable. Additionally, highlighting the role of laws and rules that encourage or require cleaner vehicles and energy sources could provide a clearer path forward.
Imagine a city like San Francisco, where people are swapping their regular cars for electric vehicles. These cars don’t need gasoline, so they run on electricity stored in their batteries. Residents can utilize the electric cars quietly without emitting harmful fumes. They can receive a rebate from the government when they buy it, making it more affordable. Meanwhile, there are some bike-friendly cities. Cities like Copenhagen in Denmark or Amsterdam in the Netherlands have extensive bike paths and infrastructure, encouraging people to cycle instead of using cars. In Singapore and Zurich, they have well-connected and efficient public transport systems, making it easier for people to use buses, trains, or subways instead of cars. What’s more, some cities create pedestrian-friendly zones in downtown areas, restricting car access and promoting walking as a means of transport.
While the paragraph highlights the issues posed by the increasing number of cars and suggests solutions, more practical examples and simpler explanations of how these changes might occur would make the ideas more accessible and easier to understand for everyone. As a result, it may motivate more people to embrace these changes and help to create a more sustainable and cleaner future for everybody.
References
01 Anderson, M. L. (2014). Subways, Strikes, and Slowdowns: The Impacts of Public Transit on Traffic Congestion. Am. Econ. Rev. 104 (9), 2763–2796. doi:10.1257/aer.104.9.2763
02 Joseph B White. One Billion Cars [N]. Wall Street Journal, 2006-04-17 (Page R1)
03 Hayakawa, K., Isono, I., Kumagai, S., (2018). Potential Economic Impact of the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore High Speed Rail, (11).
Using a sustainable transport strategy to combat environmental needs and energy insufficiency
In a time of rapid development, our demand for energy is increasing day by day. In view of this, we should develop coping strategies to protect and sustain resources.
1 Problems with environmentally friendly transportation
1.1 The demand for cars is growing.
According to the graph, there are 850.2 million cars in the globe, and if all of them were emitted one by one, they could circle the earth 10,000 times. There are around 80 billion individuals on the earth. The countries shown in Table 1 are sorted by the number of motorised vehicles per 1,000 people on the road. Automobiles, buses, lorries, and vans are examples of motor vehicles.
Given China’s strong economic expansion, it is projected that China’s vehicle manufacturing would equal that of the United States within the next 20 years. Similarly, the number of automobiles on the road in India has tripled in the last 16 years. Due to population increase and technological advancements, the globe will have 1 billion cars by 2020. Furthermore, by 2050, there will be 2.5 times as many cars on the road as there are now, with a total of 2 billion.
Figure1：Number of vehicles in some countries（ source from：Google）
1.2 Environmental deterioration
As the number of car owners has increased significantly, tailpipe emissions will also increase relatively. Global warming is another serious consequence of the automobile, which has already led to serious climate changes in several parts of the globe, including the Arctic. Currently, buses and light trucks account for 25 percent of carbon emissions, and private cars and trucks will emit even more, suggesting that the world is about to encounter a great environmental challenge.
2 Coping Strategies
2.1 Develop clean and sustainable alternative energy sources
Given the continuing sharp rise in oil prices and global warming, we need to find sustainable alternatives. However, solving this problem is not easy and requires a huge investment of time cost and money. Some studies have shown that it will take tens of billions of dollars and at least forty-five percent of the time to find cleaner fuels to replace oil.
Electricity has the best possibility of replacing oil as a sustainable and clean alternative right now. The task is to produce clean and sustainable energy sources. Fuel cells, the sun, wind, geothermal, ocean waves, water, and other renewable energy sources provide a lot of possibilities. The first step requires to solve the challenges associated with storing and transmitting electricity.
2.2 Vigorously develop green transportation.
The use of environmentally friendly, low-emission vehicles for social and commercial purposes is referred to as “green transportation.” Green transportation modes include walking, biking, doing the subway, buses, and so on. Promoting walking and cycling for commuting benefits more than just ringing the borders; it also improves the physical and mental health of the users to some extent. Reducing energy consumption, automobile use and protecting the environment are all important to maintaining the city’s beautification and the quality of life of its residents.
Figure 3：Bicycle superhighway
The sharp spike in petrol prices which has climbed by 35 percent in the last year in the US is pushing commuters to forgo self-driving automobiles in favour of public transportation. Numerous American communities are experiencing a similar trend. At the same time, Hong Kong has the highest percentage of people in Asia and the world using public transport.
Figure 4：Self-driving bus lines（Source from：Sustainable Develop Goals）
We are currently addressing the issue of global warming. The price of oil is also continuing to rise, and vehicle emissions are increasing every day. The solution to these problems requires finding sustainable and clean alternative energy sources to replace oil and reduce environmental pollution. There is also a need to promote the use of public transportation, walking, cycling and other modes of transport, as well as the development of green transport.
In summary, we can only achieve the goal of sustainable development by closely integrating land use, public transportation, and urban planning, as well as encouraging growth.
REFERNECES
1.Joseph B White. One Billion Cars [N]. Wall Street Journal（Page R1）
2.John Larkin. Developing Problem: As Indians hit the road, the country is scrambling to keep up [N]. Wall Street Journal,2006-04-17 （Page R6）
3.Public Broadcasting System. Car of the Future [EB/OL] [2008-04-22]. http://wwwpbs.org/wgbh/nova/car/
4.Dan Harris, Oil Hits Record Highs as Americans Hit the Roade/OL1.[2008-05-19]. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story/
This is a very brilliant and detailed blog. The post gives a detailed look at the problems caused by the growing number of cars worldwide and suggests ways to tackle these issues. It points out how there are billions of cars globally and how their increasing numbers lead to more pollution. This pollution is causing climate changes and is a big environmental challenge. To address this, the paragraph suggests two main strategies: finding cleaner energy sources and promoting eco-friendly transportation.
The first strategy focuses on finding better and cleaner ways to power vehicles, like using electricity, solar energy, wind power, and others instead of relying on fossil fuels like oil. But this change is not easy; it needs a lot of time, money, and effort. There are challenges in storing and transmitting the electricity needed for these vehicles.The second strategy encourages using greener ways of getting around, such as walking, cycling, using public transport like buses or subways, and adopting low-emission vehicles. It talks about how these methods not only help reduce energy use but also benefit people’s health and protect the environment.
To expand on these suggestions, it would be helpful to provide more real-life examples of cities or places where these strategies have been successful. Explaining specific technological advancements or government policies that support clean energy or green transportation could make the solutions clearer. Also, diving deeper into how communities can adapt to these changes, like making cities more bike-friendly or improving public transportation, would be valuable. Additionally, highlighting the role of laws and rules that encourage or require cleaner vehicles and energy sources could provide a clearer path forward.
Imagine a city like San Francisco, where people are swapping their regular cars for electric vehicles. These cars don’t need gasoline, so they run on electricity stored in their batteries. Residents can utilize the electric cars quietly without emitting harmful fumes. They can receive a rebate from the government when they buy it, making it more affordable. Meanwhile, there are some bike-friendly cities. Cities like Copenhagen in Denmark or Amsterdam in the Netherlands have extensive bike paths and infrastructure, encouraging people to cycle instead of using cars. In Singapore and Zurich, they have well-connected and efficient public transport systems, making it easier for people to use buses, trains, or subways instead of cars. What’s more, some cities create pedestrian-friendly zones in downtown areas, restricting car access and promoting walking as a means of transport.
While the paragraph highlights the issues posed by the increasing number of cars and suggests solutions, more practical examples and simpler explanations of how these changes might occur would make the ideas more accessible and easier to understand for everyone. As a result, it may motivate more people to embrace these changes and help to create a more sustainable and cleaner future for everybody.
References
01 Anderson, M. L. (2014). Subways, Strikes, and Slowdowns: The Impacts of Public Transit on Traffic Congestion. Am. Econ. Rev. 104 (9), 2763–2796. doi:10.1257/aer.104.9.2763
02 Joseph B White. One Billion Cars [N]. Wall Street Journal, 2006-04-17 (Page R1)
03 Hayakawa, K., Isono, I., Kumagai, S., (2018). Potential Economic Impact of the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore High Speed Rail, (11).
This is a very good blog, which mentions two problems facing the current development, namely environmental demand and energy shortage, and explains in detail how to deal with these problems.
In my opinion, I prefer strategies for the environment, because sustainable development refers to the ability to meet the needs of the present without harming the needs of future generations. In other words, it refers to the coordinated development of economy, society, resources and environmental protection, which is an inseparable system, not only to achieve the purpose of economic development, but also to protect the atmosphere, fresh water, ocean and other resources on which human survival depends.I believe that the human right to a healthy and productive life should be unified with the insistence on a way of living in harmony with nature, and that the realization of this right of development should not be pursued through the depletion of resources, the destruction of ecology and the pollution of the environment by means of technology and investment in the hands of people.
Therefore, when contemporary people create and pursue the development and consumption of this world, they should recognize and strive to make their own opportunities equal to the opportunities of future generations, and cannot allow contemporary people to blindly, unilaterally and privately in order to pursue the development and consumption of this world, and mercilessly deprive future generations of the equal opportunities for development and consumption that they should reasonably enjoy.
In addition, in terms of graphic configuration, I think there are too many charts, which are not easy to understand. If it can be expressed combined with actual cases, I think it will be better. However, there is no denying that this is a particularly good blog.
References：
1.Trancossi, M. (2014). “What price of speed? A critical revision through constructal optimization of transport modes”. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering. 7 (4): 425–448. doi:10.1007/s40095-015-0160-6.
2.Levine, Jonathan. 2013. “Urban Transportation and Social Equity: Transportation Planning Paradigms that Impede Policy Reform,” in Naomi Carmon and Susan S. Fainstein, eds. Policy, Planning and people: promoting Justice in Urban Development (Penn).
3. Sustainable city”. HiSoUR – Hi So You Are. 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2022-06-18.