Value Based Question
11. Your father has a small four seater car which is good enough for your family of four. However, both your neighbours have big SUV cars. Your mother often feels bad as her children travel in a small car as your neighbours children travel in a big SUV. She has therefore, asked your father to buy an SUV for your family also.
(a) Do you agree with your mother ? Give two reasons to support your answer.
(b) Give an example by which you can contribute in reduction of air pollution.
(c) What should government do to reduce air pollution ?
Dear Student,
1. We will not agree with mother. See, when one is looking for a new car, he/she will look for fuel efficient vehicle which is also a less polluting vehicle. These vehicles can help the environment while potentially saving money on fuel.
If small car is upgraded to Euro IV and BS-IV emission norms and if car has fuel economy of 40 -50 mpg, then small car is fuel efficient and less polluting vehicle. and so we do not need to buy SUV.
2. We can contribute in reducing air pollution by:
Regards,
1. We will not agree with mother. See, when one is looking for a new car, he/she will look for fuel efficient vehicle which is also a less polluting vehicle. These vehicles can help the environment while potentially saving money on fuel.
If small car is upgraded to Euro IV and BS-IV emission norms and if car has fuel economy of 40 -50 mpg, then small car is fuel efficient and less polluting vehicle. and so we do not need to buy SUV.
2. We can contribute in reducing air pollution by:
- Planting trees
- Avoid using aerosols
- Limit driving by car sharing, car pooling, walking for short distances, using public transport
- Using unleaded petrol
- Using environment friendly cleaners
- Use composting technique instead of burning garden waste
- Protection of forest cover
- forest fires should be checked
- Development of green belts around densely populated cities
- Redesigning automobile engine in order to reduce emission which causes pollution
- Use of railway steam engine should stop as coal burning produces large amount of poisonous gases.
Regards,