The Evolution: Electric Vehicles and the End of Oil Addiction

Honors College Thesis

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Creator	Donahue, Cory
Abstract	The world is currently using an unsustainable system of meeting its transportation needs with oil. This system is taking a toll on the world environment and on global politics. The physical availability of oil is the system’s most immediate problem and will most likely bring about a transition away from oil dependency. As a solution, the world should replace oil with electricity by replacing cars that use gasoline with cars that use electricity from a battery. Other alternatives, namely ethanol and hydrogen, present a step down from petroleum in terms of sustainability. While electric cars present challenges that can be addressed, their improvements over gas cars justify a very optimistic outlook for the future of transportation. The transition to electric cars has started to occur and will accelerate in the immediate future.
License	All rights reserved
Resource Type	Honors College Thesis
Date Available	2010-06-01T13:53:47+00:00
Date Issued	2010-03-04
Degree Level	Bachelor's
Degree Name	Honors Bachelor of Science (H.B.S.)
Degree Field	Mechanical Engineering
Degree Grantor	Oregon State University
Commencement Year	2010
Advisor	Paasch, Robert
Committee Member	Hill, Eric
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Honors College
权利声明	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/16072

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