Do you notice how much polluted is the air nowadays? Everywhere there is the exhaust of gas. And where are they? Of course we have many factories and enterprises discharging pollutants into the atmosphere, but many of them are treatment facilities. But the point is, I think, in the transport. Everywhere there are cars, cars and cars. They pollute the air very much. So why do not we use a bicycle?

that is a very good idea for local transportation, but unfortunately for long distances a bike simply wont work because it is too slow and will take to long

That is a great idea in some cases like if you were only going to school and it were pretty close to your home but what about if you are going out of the state or out of the country. Maybe if there was technology to limit gasoline usage to therefore limit pollution.

Hello Zack

If you are a healthy sportive person you can record long distances in a bike. If that isn't your case buy an electric bike. However for going from one city to another, hybird cars will always be a good idea. Toyota hybrid cars are cheap and magnificly good.

I live in a very small town but I moved here from New York City. I think air pollution is most heavily based on transportation and depending on where you live, you can limit the amount of CO2 you emit by commuting. In a city there are many opportunities to utilize the public transport system. New York has subway systems and busses and passes to them are well worth the investment. As other people have mentioned, in a small town, walking and biking are great options if possible. More people bike and walk in my small town, and the difference in air quality in the city is astounding.

Many countries are encouraging electric cars and some are giving incentives to buy electric cars

I think bikes are a good idea but it is also challenging to ride a bike far distances. Maybe using public transportation would result in less pollution because many people use it at once

Bikes certainly would be doable over short distances and if getting somewhere on time wasn't an issue. This summer I had the pleasure of journeying to Barcelona for a month. There, in Spain, hardly anyone has a car. I have friends who live there and they use public transportation for getting anywhere over long distances such as buses, and the subway system. In Barcelona, people also walk everywhere and ride bikes. But while being there, I had noticed that they aren't so worried about getting to a certain place on time. It is very relaxed and no smog to be seen. So in a scenery such as this one, bikes are a suitable solution.

Bikes are a great way to help stop air pollution and lower your footprint.

One solution that I implement for this problem is attempting to ride a bike to a public transportation train everyday for my commute to school. This decreases my annual carbon footprint by roughly 207 pounds, or about 94 kilograms according to a calculator by Stanford University.

https://transportation-forms.stanford.e … esults.php

Another way I hope to be able to travel long distances is with a maglev (magnetic levitation) train that many are working on in the United States, such as General Atomics. While other countries such as South Korea and China have these type of energy efficient trains, the U.S. is sadly lacking. For this reason, I believe that many people are unable to use bikes because of the time that is wasted and the lack of sustainable options available. (at least in the U.S.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev

As it is, car companies are going to be moving towards electric fueled cars. This is because the increasing prices in oil, gas, etc. as we use up more and more of it. The big problem with this is having people who do use gas-fueled vehicles to switch, and having it be a mutual agreement among the world. We can't simply enforce a global change so quickly, but we can help along it by choosing the alternatives.