chris stratton's List: persuasive speech resources

• • To be used as an advantage of hybrid cars
• I summarized the money spent on tax breaks for the oil industry,  taxpayer-sponsored defense of oil around the globe, health care costs directly  related to petroleum air pollution, and a variety of other tangible costs that  appear on the balance sheets of governments and businesses -- certainly not  revealed in the liabilities column on the balance sheet of any oil company.  Those costs add up to about $6 per gallon of gas above whatever it says on the  pump

• The  popular hybrid cars in the market are manufactured in such a manner to    combine the benefits of an internal  combustion engine and electrical motor. The   shortening  level of gasoline in the world as it is a non-renewable energy was    the  major drawback of the conventional cars, which was rectified in the    electrical cars, but it also had its own  disadvantages. The advantage of the   hybrid car  is that it can rectify the complaints in the both systems and   balances  the use of electrical energy and gasoline engine, in their optimum    levels.
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• •  Hybrids combine clean energy of the  electrical motor with the power of the   gas-powered engine which results into  lower emissions and better mileage.   
  •  Thanks to the ever improving technology,  hybrids perform at par with the   normal ga-powered vehicles, if not  better.   
  •  Hybrids are reliable and comfortable as  any traditional car and they have a   tax  benefits(only till 2006).   
  •  There are purchase incentives for Hybrid  vehicle owners (varies by state).   
  •  Hybrids are much cleaner cars than normal  vehicles with lesser CO and other   greenhouse gas emissions.   
  •  Hybrids provide a better mileage.   
  •  The future for hybrids looks bright with  rapid developments in hybrid   technology to improve engine  efficiency.   
  •  Due to the Regenerative Braking  technology, the batteries need not be   charged  by an external source.   
  •  Special warranties are provided for the  battery pack, the electric motor   other costly items.   
  •  Hybrids help reduce the dependency on  fossil fuels which directly affects   fuel  prices. 
• • Hybrids combine clean energy of the electrical motor with the power of the  gas-powered engine which results into lower emissions and better mileage.  
  • Thanks to the ever improving technology, hybrids perform at par with the  normal ga-powered vehicles, if not better.  
  • Hybrids are reliable and comfortable as any traditional car and they have a  tax benefits(only till 2006).  
  • There are purchase incentives for Hybrid vehicle owners (varies by state).  
  • Hybrids are much cleaner cars than normal vehicles with lesser CO and other  greenhouse gas emissions.  
  • Hybrids provide a better mileage.  
  • The future for hybrids looks bright with rapid developments in hybrid  technology to improve engine efficiency.  
  • Due to the Regenerative Braking technology, the batteries need not be  charged by an external source.  
  • Special warranties are provided for the battery pack, the electric motor  other costly items.  
  • Hybrids help reduce the dependency on fossil fuels which directly affects  fuel prices.
• The popular hybrid cars in the market are manufactured in such a manner to  combine the benefits of an internal combustion engine and electrical motor. The  shortening level of gasoline in the world as it is a non-renewable energy was  the major drawback of the conventional cars, which was rectified in the  electrical cars, but it also had its own disadvantages. The advantage of the  hybrid car is that it can rectify the complaints in the both systems and  balances the use of electrical energy and gasoline engine, in their optimum  levels.

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• • High cost: hybrids cost anywhere from $2,000 to $5,000 more their non-Hybrid  versions.  
  • More weight due to battery packs.
• They have a complicated system which needs to be taken care of by experienced  mechanics only.
• Usually, hybrids have a lower acceleration than that their normal counterparts.

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• • and it has a video! Now got to wait for it to load. How long could it take?

  • Great information on exactly how hybrid cars work.

• Electric motor - The electric motor on  a hybrid car is very sophisticated. Advanced electronics allow it to act as a  motor as well as a generator. For example, when it needs to, it can draw energy  from the batteries to accelerate the car. But acting as a generator, it can slow  the car down and return energy to the batteries.
• • energy storage device for the electric motor. Unlike the gasoline in the  fuel tank, which can only power the gasoline engine, the electric motor on a  hybrid car can put energy into the batteries as well as draw energy from them.  

   
  • Transmission - The transmission on a hybrid car performs the same basic  function as the transmission on a conventional
• One way, known as a parallel hybrid, has a fuel tank that  supplies gasoline to the engine and a set of batteries that supplies power to  the electric motor. Both the engine and the electric  motor can turn the transmission at the same time, and the transmission then  turns the wheels.
• in a series hybrid (below), the gasoline engine turns a  generator, and the generator can either charge the batteries or power an  electric motor that drives the transmission. Thus, the gasoline engine never  directly powers the vehicle.

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• In a small engine, however, the efficiency can be improved by using smaller,  lighter parts, by reducing the number of cylinders and by operating the engine  closer to its maximum load.
• • The big engine is heavier than the small engine, so the car uses extra  energy every time it accelerates or drives up a hill.
   
  • The pistons and other internal components are heavier, requiring more energy  each time they go up and down in the cylinder.
   
  • The displacement of the cylinders is larger, so more fuel is required by  each cylinder.
   
  • Bigger engines usually have more cylinders, and each cylinder uses fuel  every time the engine fires, even if the car isn't moving.
• The engine in the Camaro has more than enough power to handle any driving  situation. The engine in the hybrid car is powerful enough to move the car along  on the freeway, but when it needs to get the car moving in a hurry, or go up a  steep hill, it needs help. That "help" comes from the electric motor and battery  -- this system steps in to provide the necessary extra power.
• The gas engine on a conventional car is sized for the peak power requirement  (those few times when you floor the accelerator pedal). In fact, most drivers  use the peak power of their engines less than one percent of the time.

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• hybrid cars offer more than just great fuel economy, they offer many green  advantages as well. Even a small increase in fuel economy makes a large  difference in emissions over the life of the car. Also, in large cities were  pollution is at its worst, they make an even larger difference since they  produce very little emissions during low speed city driving and the inevitable  traffic jams
• analysts say US hybrids are just token models - not a serious attempt to get  into the market.
• reason for hybrid introduction has to do with Corporate Average Fuel Economy  (CAFE) regulations. Current standards mandate that average mileage of the fleet  of cars sold by an automaker should be 27.5 mpg. This means that if an automaker  sells one hybrid car that gets 60 mpg, it can then sell four less efficient cars  - like SUVs and trucks - that only get 20 mpg.
• If you drive mostly in the city, you may save enough to warrant the extra cost.  Remember the gas motor turns on to charge the batteries if you use the electric  motor all the time which offsets some of the advantage. Heavy long-distance  commuters and lead footers will see fewer savings.
• tax incentive in the U.S. is another powerful motive - it can reduce your cost  up to $3,400 depending on the cost of the vehicle. Better act fast, however, to  get the model you want: the tax break only applies to the first 60,000 vehicles  produced yearly by each manufacturer. Toyota’s Prius, for example, will quickly  reach that number of sales before year-end.

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