Maintaining and looking after our world and environment should be at the forefront of everyone’s mind. It is a number one priority for most people in today’s world and society, but there are the minor few that can seep through the cracks and forget about this very important issue.
Protecting our environment guarantees a healthy and clean livable space for further generations to come. It also protects the world’s ecosystems and other living organisms that are cultivated to keep the circle and processes of life ticking along smoothly for our benefit as human beings.
Too much air pollution and smog can cause disastrous effects on these ecosystems, as well as causing irreversible damage to our environment through the melting of ice-caps and wildfires.
It can also cause a huge detriment on our health and well-being by breathing in too many harmful toxins and chemical substances in the air. Breathing in these harmful substances can contribute to severe headaches, cancer, and birth defects.
A very effective way to control this air pollution and lower it significantly is through ridesharing. Ridesharing allows there to be less cars on the road, which in result has huge environmental benefits and drastically lowers the risk of high air pollution.
Less cars on the road means less air pollution
Whilst owning your own personal car is a huge privilege, it can end up having a huge impact on the environment. As the number of cars increases on the road, so does the amount of air pollution that is being dispersed into the atmosphere.
Opting to not have your own car on the road and choosing ridesharing (a vehicle that is already on the road and can transport many individuals in one given day) as your choice of transportation, lowers the emissions of harmful gases that an extra car on the road would have caused.
More cars mean more fuel consumption
The more cars there are on the road, means the need for more fuel consumption is on the rise. Oil is a non-renewable resource that can very easily and quickly run out.
So, the less oil used the better. Oil shouldn’t be wasted, but used effectively and efficiently. By having multiple, personal cars on the road, the need for this oil increases and the demand becomes higher and higher. By having less cars that benefit several riders and commuters in a day, this oil is being used in less moving vehicles, whilst still helping more people move around.
Ridesharing means less cars on the road.
Increasing the use of ridesharing, means decreasing the number of personal cars on the road. Owning a personal car not only increases environmental issues, but incurs huge costs and finances to keep up with.
Cars and light trucks are the vehicles that contribute the most to air pollution. Ridesharing allows there to be fewer cars on the road, which in turn reduces the amount of CO2 emissions and global warming issues, in turn helping to save the environment.