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Pollution from Travel
Many forms of transportation are fuels by 2040 to try and improve our
responsible for causing different types air quality. Electric vehicles are cleaner
of pollution such as greenhouse gases, alterative than combustion engines
noise pollution, and light pollution. when it comes to air pollution.
A common transportation method is However, we must consider that
using a car. Most cars are powered by they require a significant number of
a combustion engine, they burn fuel to resources and energy to manufacture
create energy and make the car move. and operate.
This causes lots of pollution to enter
our atmosphere. It is also important that we improve
opportunities for efficient and safe
In the UK, there are plans to ban public transport and active travel, such
combustion engines that use fossil as walking or cycling.
Transport Hierarchy
All transport uses energy to get from one
place to another. This diagram outlines
the hierarchy of travel, it shows the lowest
polluting forms of transport at the top and the
most polluting at the bottom.
