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Preliminary list of topics shown below (images still needed):
Impact of vehicles on environment
  Air pollution
  Fuel consumption
  Alternate fuels (will be same as below – joint links)
  Etc.
     
What is a carbon footprint?
  Green house gas emissions
  Reducing your carbon footprint (last section has one link in common with this section)
     
What is a Green Vehicle?
  What they are
  Average costs
  Advantages to user and to environment
  Disadvantages
   
What are Low Emission Vehicles (LEVs)
  Types
  What they are
  Average costs
  Advantages to user and to environment
  Disadvantages
   
Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs)
  Types
  What they are
  Average costs
  Advantages to user and to environment
  Disadvantages
   
Hybrid Vehicles
  Types
  What they are (vs. Single fuel source)
  Average costs
  Advantages to user and to environment
  Disadvantages
   
What do green vehicles use as fuels?
   
What alternate fuels are there for cars and trucks?
  Bio fuels (biodiesel, bioalcohol fuels such as methanol, ethanol and butanol)
  Chemically-stored electricity (battery and fuel cells)
  Hydrogen
  Non-fossil methane
  Natural gas
  Vegetable oil
  Bio waste
  Etc.
   
Up and coming technologies
  Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
  Battery electric vehicles
  Compressed-air vehicles
  Hydrogen and fuel-cell vehicles
  Neat ethanol vehicles
  Flexible fuel vehicles
  Natural gas vehicles
  Clean diesel vehicles
     
Which car companies are leading the way?
  History
  Today
  Expectations for tomorrow?
   
Green Vehicles and Transportation Sustainability
   
Green Vehicle Guide
  List of all vehicles in this category
  Description of vehicles
  Pros and cons of each vehicle
  Links to dealerships (sponsored)
     
Insuring a green vehicle
   
How does your car – or your family car – measure up?
   
How to reduce your car's impact on the environment
  New car
  Maintenance
  No idling and other good driving practices
  Public transportation, etc.
     
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