Woerner, Carrie (2020, January 17) How to Fuel Reduction in Transportation Emissions, Retrieved from: https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/How-to-fuel-reduction-in-transportation-emissions-14984889.php

 

The article starts off by referencing goals set by the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act set, which were to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 85 percent, achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and transfer to 100 percent clean power by 2040. After addressing these goals, the article shifted into discussing how to achieve them. The article states that we must address and act upon the overuse of petroleum based vehicles, as they make up a huge portion of all carbon dioxide emissions, especially in big cities such as New York City (34 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions). The best way to reduce these emissions is by setting low carbon fuel standards which would essentially force companies to switch to cleaner alternatives.  

 

While these goals are quite lofty, I believe that setting high goals is the only way for our country to really reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. By acting on these goals now and putting plans into place, we are setting ourselves up better for the future. Setting low carbon fuel standards on companies, especially in big cities, would be a great start as it would help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide being emitted into the atmosphere so we as a nation can devote more of our attention on removing the existing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. These two things go hand in hand, but before we can remove the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere we must first ensure that much less is being emitted every second of every day.