Footage from PETA’s documentary Meet your Meat.

There are a lot of complications to the climate due to Inhumane Animal killing. When farm animals are in conditions such as overcrowding and uninhabitable surroundings, they become weaker and are unable to move around like they would in an open farm just as it is shown in the video I posted.  But what you may not know is that when an animal is killed in those sorts of conditions we are the ones who suffer, and it begins to build on our carbon footprint. After visiting the enviro-friendly website I learned that it takes 55 rain forest acres to produce one meal of meat protein. I also learned that when someone consumes meat that they contribute to the global warming process, meat consumption is  responsible for many abundant greenhouse gases. So the next time you go to the grocery store, I suggest that instead of steak night you can go for a more eco friendly and healthier meal of locally grown vegetables from your nearest market and reduce your carbon footprint.

In 1996, the first ever electric car made by General Motors made its debut. The Ev1 was the newer generation electric powered automobile. It was very popular among many cities in the Pacific and Southwest regions of the United States. It was a success for 3 years, until in 1999 Gm decided to pull the plug on in its leasing program, due to the fact that it was not making enough money. The EV program however, would soon make its comeback.

You may know the story of how the controversial automobile started and met an untimely end from watching the 2006 documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car. The film told the story of how the oil industry and the Bush Administration basically took down the the electric car idea. In 2003, many automobile manufacturers began making more hybrid-electric/gasoline cars due to the California Air Resources Board requirement for car makers to produce a 10% emission free fleet. This policy would soon create newer fuel efficient automobiles such as the Toyota Prius, the Honda Civic hybrid and now “fuel efficient” SUV’s such as the Hummer Hybrid (which has yet to come out). But the problem with these newer generation Hybrids are that they still take on gasoline fuel cells, which is alright due to the fact that they still use electricity but the negative of it as well is the fact that it still uses gasoline which plagues the atmosphere. The EV’s however use only lead battery and electricity.

Today however marks a rebirth of a past concept.  Nissan has unveiled a new prototype which has used ideas from the past to make into a reality for the future. It is the new EV-11 which is planned for a 2010 release, and from what Nissan is saying it is sure to be a huge solution to the global warming and climate crisis the world is facing,

“Tennessee will be a launch market,” said Mr. Perry, additionally mentioning Oregon and Sonoma County, Calif.

The car will seat five and be in the size range of a Sentra or Versa, he told the Chattanooga Engineers Club.

“It will have 100 miles of pure battery range,” Mr. Perry said. He said Toyota’s 2010 Prius hybrid electric gets about 10 miles range on pure battery, while the planned Chevy Volt will get 40.

Mr. Perry said the Nissan, running on a lithium ion battery pack, won’t be a test model.

“We’re ready to go mass production and mass sales,” he said.

Who knows, this could be the jump start the world needs in this surviving economy and this could be the answer to reduce the world’s green house gases. Lets just hope that this EV doesn’t doesn’t meet the same fate as its predecessor.