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In order to understand the case against hybrid cars, one must first understand what a hybrid car is. A hybrid car, is a vehicle that uses gasoline or other fuel in an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine is attached to a large version of an alternator that generates electric power. The electric power produced is used to charge short cycle batteries (batteries that operate best when being recharged and depleted constantly) and these batteries are used to power an electric motor, or often an electric motor for each wheel. In a situation where the battery's charge is too low to run the car, the gasoline engine provides electric power directly to the electric motors.

A hybrid vehicle has many negative attributes despite being advertised as he car of the future and environmentally friendly. This list describes the failings of the hybrid car and the supporters possible arguments against them.

1. The usually gasoline powered internal combustion engine still releases compounds such as Nitrogen monoxide (NO), Carbon monoxide (CO), and Carbon dioxide (CO2). These gases are dangerous in many ways. Nitrogen monoxide when released into the atmosphere will combine with water vapor. This forms Nitric acid. Later, this Nitric acid will fall with rain to wreak havoc with the environment, mostly by upsetting pH balances. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas that is deadly to humans in any appreciable amount. The reason for this is that CO more readily bonds with the hemoglobin in our blood than oxygen. The result is that when CO and oxygen are both inhaled into the lungs, the blood that would usually rather be oxygenated becomes essentially carbon monoxidated. Your body senses nothing wrong as it believes you are still breathing normally, but the various cells in your body cannot metabolized CO in any way. The first result is that you lose consciousness because you brain is the most sensitive to oxygen deprivation. If CO continues to be inhaled then death is inevitable. The last major harmful compound that the internal combustion engine produces is Carbon dioxide. CO2 is a relatively harmless compound that makes up a small percentage of the atmosphere. But, when considering millions of cars producing decent amounts of CO2 there is a very imminent impact on the environment. CO2 is also known as the greenhouse gas, as more and more of it enters the Earth's atmosphere more heat energy from the sun is trapped near the surface of the Earth, just

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