Transcript Transportation (Powerpoint)

Transportation
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Why do we need to make transportation sustainable?
Car reliance
Alternative transport options
Conclusions
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WHY DO WE NEED TO MAKE TRANSPORTATION SUSTAINABLE?
• Effects of climate change
• Link between transportation and CO2 production
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ACTIVITY 1
PETROL-POWER AND CLIMATE CHANGE
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CAR RELIANCE
• Emissions produced from transport account for 25% of
the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions and 23% of total
worldwide CO2 emissions (Committee on Climate Change,
2015; UNECE, 2015)
• Public attitude could help to address this by using
alternative forms of transportation.
• Although technological advancements have allowed for
vehicles that produce lower emissions, changing
transportation could help address CO2 emissions.
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ACTIVITY 2
DAILY COMMUTE
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ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT OPTIONS
• To reduce carbon emissions and safeguard natural
resources, changes need to be made to how we use
transport.
• How could this take place?
• Developments in technology
• Changing attitudes towards travel
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CHANGING ATTITUDES
• Car Sharing
• Reduces the number of cars on the road
• Reduces individuals’ carbon footprints
• Walking or cycling short distances
• Encouraging people to walk or cycle short distances (e.g. 1 mile
to shops) can significantly reduce unnecessary carbon emissions
• Can improve health and wellbeing
• Cycle to work/school schemes have been set up in many work
places/schools/colleges
• Taking the bus
• Further developments in green public transport and lower
carbon impact means that getting the bus is a more carbon
efficient way of travelling than using a car
• Further schemes to ensure that buses are as low-carbon as
possible
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CHANGING ATTITUDES
• Greener public transport initiatives
• Initiatives for lower carbon emission buses
• Development of trams
• Biofuels
• Biodegradable and nontoxic
• Produce less CO2 and air pollution than fossil fuels
• Existing cars can burn biofuels – no need for a new infrastructure
for distribution
• Large amounts of land for production can have its own
implications for CO2 production.
• Hydrogen
• Produced from water by electrolysis – any source of electricity is
suitable
• Effective way of storing electricity from renewable sources
• New infrastructure needed for refuelling facilities
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CHANGING ATTITUDES
• Electric vehicles
• Powered by electric motors rather than petrol/diesel
engines
• Batteries can be plugged into an electric power source
• Slow to charge and have shorter driving range
• Hybrid vehicles
• Use a combination of electric motor and petrol/diesel to
reduce the amount of fuel used, reducing carbon emissions
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ACTIVITY 3
GREEN ALTERNATIVES
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CONCLUSIONS
• Developing sustainable and carbon-neutral methods of
transportation are crucial to the energy crisis and limiting
climate change
• Advances in technology offer alternatives, but a change of
behaviour is required by the public.
• Introduced concepts of sustainable transport and why it is
important
• Identified ways in which their own attitudes towards
travel could be altered
• Identified a number of changes that could be made by the
wider community.