Hybrid+Vehicles+(Michael+Phillips)

=Taylor Vala (Recycling) = = =  A hybrid vehicle is vehicle that is powered by two sources; an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. Hybrid vehicles do not need a plug to recharge the battery by using the movement of the vehicle and storing the energy generated through a process called regenerative braking (Hybrid Center). Regenerative braking is beneficial to the environment and the vehicle because it takes the heat energy produced from the brakes and uses that energy to drive an alternator which in turn charges the battery. This helps the vehicle consume less fuel because of the energy that is being reused. Regenerative braking is beneficial to the environment because the electric motor produces doesn't produce any emissions. The greenhouse gases that are produced from a regular vehicle are not produced in a hybrid vehicle allowing it to be more beneficial for the environment. The problems that Hybrid Vehicles are trying to address are the massive amounts of fossil fuel consumption and the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere (All Hybrid Cars). Many hybrid vehicles can get between 40 and 60 miles to the gallon. This is extremely helpful because it allows us to keep our CO (carbon monoxide) emissions to a minimum. The main problem that hybrid cars are addressing is the CO emission into the atmosphere. Hybrid vehicles reduce the amount of CO emissions into the atmosphere because of the two sources of power working together. This combined effort to make the car run cuts down on fuel consumption and with less fuel consumption the less CO emissions in the atmosphere. This decrease in CO emissions will decrease the amount of smog in large cities and will lower the national average of smog pollutants. Hybrid vehicles are always useful because the reduce the CO emissions in the atmosphere which causes global warming. Hybrid vehicles make less stops at the gas pump because the vehicle gets between 20 and 30 miles more to the gallon then a traditional car. It uses no energy when the car is idling and the regenerative braking allows the energy to be reacquired and used to power the car. Hybrid vehicles are relate to the carbon cycle because the CO emissions are produced from the vehicle into the atmosphere. Traditional vehicles produce a lot of CO because when the fossil fuel is burned the product of that reaction is CO. This emission into the atmosphere creates an imbalance in the carbon cycle and this imbalance causes global warming. The atmosphere has more carbon then the land plants, animals, sediments and rocks, and aquatic plants and animals. This results in the increase in greenhouse gases and will cause the world to warm because the greenhouse gases are trapping the heat from the sun and therefore warming the Earth. Hybrid vehicles are not the final solution to global warming but its is a big step. Hybrid vehicles lower the emissions of CO and because of this they help the fight against global warming. Global warming is a serious issue because it is causing both living and non-living things in our environment to adapt. Some of the organisms on Earth cannot adapt to the new habitat and therefore will die. This change in their habitat can cause a species to die out and hybrid vehicles can help reduce the change in the environment because of the reduced emissions of CO.
 * What is a Hybrid Vehicle?**
 * What Problems is Hybrid Vehicles Trying to Address?**
 * When is it useful?**
 * Carbon Cycle**
 * Viable Solution for the Biosphere?**media type="youtube" key="NsMPURX7DsE" height="227" width="268" align="right"

This video is describing how the hybrid vehicle works and how it is beneficial to both the environment and to a person's wallet. The only consequence of a hybrid vehicle is that people will drive more because they think that they are not producing as much CO or using as much gas. This is true but the more a person drives the more CO a person emits into the atmosphere. This is an unintended consequence, but still a consequence. Hybrid vehicles do more good then harm.
 * Consequences?**

This layout shows how the Hybrid Vehicle works. You have a combustion engine in the front of the vehicle, and then a electric engine in back. There are lines that connect these two engines. The battery pack is in the back near the electrical engine and is connected to the breaks so the energy can be captured. Then there is the transmission and other essentials.

(Physorg.com)


 * Citations:**
 * Dunn, Philip (2006). Hybrid Cars-- Pros and Cons. Retrieved October 9, 2009, from Physorg.com Hybrid Cars-- Pros and Cons Web site: http://www.physorg.com/news10031.html
 * Hybrids Under the Hood. Retrieved October 12, 2009, from Hybridcenter.orgHybrids Under the Hood Web site: http://www.hybridcenter.org/hybrid-center-how-hybrid-cars-work-under-the-hood.html
 * Pros of Hybrid Vehicles. Retrieved October 10, 2009, from All Hybrid Cars Web site: http://www.allhybridcars.com/advantages-of-hybrid-cars.html
 * Video: How Hybrid Engines Work. Web Site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsMPURX7DsE&feature=channel