Natural gas transportation

It is clear that the increase in carbon dioxide is causing the earth temperatures to rise but the average person is not concerned enough to change their life style. This is evident in a number of ways for example the way people take care of their lawns. A more obvious way is the kind of cars people drive. The U.S. auto industry sold a record 17.55 million light vehicles in 2016 thanks to an increasing consumer preference for larger vehicles such as trucks, SUVs and crossovers. The reason people are not concerned is the way the whole concept was brought to the attention of the public. It started with exaggerated statements designed to get attention and when people found out the truth they begin to have doubts. This was followed up with a push toward solar panels which turned out to be just a way to get campaign contributions. Now the whole idea has been so muddied up that the average person cannot separate the facts from fiction. If the push toward electric cars had been instead a push for natural gas vehicles the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide would have been abated and even lowered but this approached brought no cash to political candidates. Progress: U.S. Carbon Emissions Decline Thanks mostly to less coal use at power plants, emissions in the first half of 2016 were lowest since 1991 If the transportation industry had moved to natural gas the reduction would been even more pronounced and it is not too late to move to natural gas cars, trucks, locomotives and airplanes. Once the US makes this transition the world will follow.