Most of the adult people in the world have a car. Is the car a need or a want?  Million cars are used everyday. It’s  very common and we think there is nothing wrong with that. I think that sometimes the car is a want not a need. We do not need to drive our car everyday because there are buses and trains. In some cities train’s companies push you to use them because they are greener than using your car. I also think that in some cases buying a car and driving it is a need but not buying more than one. We need to realize that car is polluting and we should try to use ecological transport.

I play competitive soccer. I drive to far places every weekend and drive to practice every day. My transportation was almost 4 times the average of the US carbon footprint. I know it’s not only me, my other teammates also drive a lot and my soccer club probably have many people who have off the chart transportation too. According to ucsusa.com, the US transportation sector- including cars, trucks, planes- produces nearly 30% of all US global warming emissions. That is so much more than other countries. I don’t like playing in the heat but really I’m part of this climate change and the hot weathers.

I looked up what I can do to cut down my transportation and other people's transportation. Then problem is that none of my teammates and  I can’t bike or walk to practice because it's so far away. So if the 5 teammates and I all carpool, we can save 4 other trips that would have been made. Especially if someone drives a electric car. That helps the emission and slows d own the climate change. Cleaner fuels produce fewer emissions when they’re burned. Some fuels—such as those made from cellulosic biofuels—can reduce emissions by 80% compared to gasoline.

This is where I got my information -> https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2015/11/30 … resources/

Today many people have a car. This transport has remarkable effects on environment. we need to consider that car is polluting and we should use public transport more often, just as you think.

People may or may not need cars depending on what cities they live in, however I feel like green cars should be more accessable/afforedable to premote a better carbon foot print.

I think it depends on where you live and what your day to day activities are. If you have an event that you need to get to, there might not be a bus or train that can get you there in that time. If you live in a smaller town, it is easier to commute without a car, whereas if you live in a larger town, it might be necessary to have a car to travel in.

You bring up a really good point Jasmine! I think it really depends as to what kind of environment someone lives in. If someone lives in a large metropolitan city with public transportation always readily available, including a vast subway system than I think people don't need cars. However, I live in California and I find it I often have to travel a long ways. Public transportation is often difficult to use because using it would take too much effort, and too long to accomplish. As others have suggested above, owning green cars if people must own one would be a really great way to cut down their carbon footprint.

Similarly to Kelsey I think this entirely depends upon where you live. When I travelled through Italy, all we did was use the train because they are everywhere! In America we don’t really have a good train system that really connects us in a smart and fast way. In the bay area specifically we have the Bart system, which is really like a subway system, and it is a great way to help the earth. Even with this system it can be hard to get to the corners of San Francisco so a car is sometimes necessary. I have attached an image of our bart system for reference.  [Bart9](//muut.com/u/footprint/s2/:footprint:E8RJ:bart9.jpg.jpg)

I agree in thinking that this depends on where you live. A previous comment addressed the fact that they drive far places for soccer tournaments. I also play competitive sports which require driving. A solution to this problem could be carpooling, obviously. But also, for teams to invest in a small bus or van to transport their players places would cost a lot less than having 12 to 15 different cars all going to the same place.

Hi. I totally agree with you, obviously it depends on where you live: I live near the city center, therefore I always use public transport but for people who live further away it's more difficult to do it. (there are places where there is a bus every 1-2 hours).
Traffic is a very big problem in my City, especially in rush hours, therefore they are pushing people to use public transport, but there is a problem: public transportaion is expensive and offers less flexibility than a private vehicle.

I agree that cars are more wants than needs. Although, I think that a lot of cities have inconvenient public transportations systems. Cities around the world should try to make places like train stations and bus stops more centralized, rather than farther apart. It is just more convenient to drive places without the hassle of being far off from your actual destination because public transportations stops are so spread out.

That's a interesting point that I believe is pretty valid in the fact that local transportation and car pulling can be a much greener way to travel. Including in large cities it helps with not only the flow of traffic but in the also in C02 emissions .