| Wouldn't it be nice to be justly rewarded to be green | | | | standard compliant cars would normally have less |
| conscious? Well, in this latest move by the B.C. | | | | impact on any potential buyer. Reason for such is |
| government which offers to as much as $2,000 on | | | | usually due to the fact that they are too bent on |
| fuel efficient hybrid cars, people are getting a feel of | | | | checking out the features such as power features and |
| just how it is to make that shift to these hybrid and | | | | of course bonuses installed if and when they purchase |
| fuel efficient cars. | | | | cars. |
| True enough, such a rewarding option has also helped | | | | In these cases, green standards are usually taking a |
| car manufacturers like Toyota to benefit from this | | | | backseat. Pollution control due to greenhouse gas |
| new development. One of the top model hybrid cars | | | | emissions are almost a given when you purchase a |
| of this Japan-based car manufacturing, the Prius, has | | | | new car. Maintenance is another thing but if you are |
| been the prime target of consumers for their | | | | buying a new car, chances are, these issues will only |
| transportation needs today. And mind you, the Prius | | | | set in after 5 years and up. |
| does not come cheap. One unit alone costs $32,000, | | | | Just think of it. Why would anyone buy a car that |
| not a cheap price to pay for hybrid cars offered for a | | | | would be a smoke-belching vehicle. It is like buying a |
| greener outlook in the world today. | | | | second-hand car for nothing special. |
| Incentives are known to be good rewards that can | | | | Most of us really want to live luxuriously and |
| entice a market and make them fully aware of the | | | | comfortably. Consumers dream of having their own |
| actual intent of governments; that of which is to feel | | | | means of transportation and while cars are within their |
| how it is to be rewarded by being green. | | | | reach, there is another issue that needs to be |
| In a move to help promote the shift from gas to | | | | addressed...pollution and greenhouse gases. |
| electricity as their main source of power, various | | | | The air we breathe right now is contaminated. We can |
| groups have experimented and come up with an | | | | smell it and that awkward and different smell is the |
| electricity reliant car to reduce the gas emissions that | | | | participation of pollution in the usually clean air we |
| have been key contributors to overall pollution and | | | | breathe. While people are more concerned of living |
| impending global warming. | | | | better lives with good transportation, their health may |
| While the big car manufacturers have not yet gone on | | | | be in jeopardy. |
| the aggressive development for these alternative cars, | | | | The increase in the number of motor vehicles, industrial |
| a lot of the old cars that are mostly left to rot or be | | | | and commercial activities, coupled with the rise in |
| junked have been the guinea pigs for this alternative | | | | construction work in and around the city, is translating |
| source of energy and fuel. Some may question the | | | | into a lot of air and noise pollution for the residents. |
| reliability of such conversions but it is best to get in | | | | Almost every part of the city suffers on account of air |
| depth to see how car engines can be transformed into | | | | and noise pollution, much of it caused by automobiles. |
| this green movement as far as vehicles are | | | | The city's ambient air quality on several parameters |
| concerned. | | | | leaves much to be desired, with the levels of pollution |
| Whether you prefer a Toyota, a Honda or even the | | | | above the permissible limits. |
| high-end luxury cars such as Mercedes Benz, green | | | | |