After the industrial revolution, humanity has quickly become a consumer society as a result of increasing mass production. As a result of being a consumer society, the demands for products have increased considerably.
For this reason, manufacturers have used various technologies to quickly meet the increasing demands. Many of these technologies are harmful to the environment and harm nature.
So much so that, after the industrial revolution, the temperature in the world has increased by 1 degree as a result of the harmful gases emitted.
This is a very negative situation for our world, because researches show us that the 1.5 degree temperature increase that will be experienced in the world has irreversible consequences.
In order not to experience all these negative consequences, we need to neutralize the harms of these harmful technologies. Exactly at this point, the concept of 'Green Technology' emerges.
What is the concept of Green Technology, what is the purpose of green technology?
Green Technology is a structure that aims to use environmentally friendly technologies as its main purpose. It considers the long- and short-term effects of a technology on the environment.
In this direction, it aims to use technologies that serve this purpose. In other words, it considers sustainable and environmentally friendly technologies to reduce the damage to the environment.
As a general concept, it deals with efficiency, sustainability, recycling, health, renewability and similar concepts.
The features of the technologies produced in line with Green Technology are as follows;
- The environment-friendly feature of the products produced in this direction appears even during the production phase of the product. Since the materials used in the production of the product are recyclable, the continuous collection of materials used in production is prevented. Since the materials used do not contain carcinogens, it is also very important for health.
- Since it is recyclable, it is not thrown away after use, it is given to recycling centers.
-Products produced in this direction also reduce carbon emissions.
The products produced in this direction provide both the consumer and the producer with a great advantage in terms of economy.
Use of Green Technology in the Automotive Industry
As we all know, one of the biggest damages in cars is the toxic gases they emit. These gases are also very dangerous for the atmosphere. As we mentioned in the first part of our article, these gases are among the factors that affect the temperature increase in the world.
That's why the green technology movement has also been used in the automotive industry.
They aimed to do this by electrifying cars. Undoubtedly, the biggest example of this is electric vehicles. In fact, before fully electric vehicles, cars that we call hybrid vehicles, which work by using both electric energy and fuel energy, were produced.
In addition, it was aimed to reduce the amount of gas released to the nature, and to stop the increasing fuel consumption.
Hybrid vehicles have been very successful in this regard, and they are still very successful because they are still used.
However, since the goal of green technology is to completely purify these harmful gases and energy sustainability, the production of fully electric vehicles is targeted.
The logic in fully electric vehicles is exactly as in its name, 'all electric'. Including the engine inside, all parts are provided to work with electric current.
Parts such as exhaust and fuel tanks, which we see in vehicles with internal combustion engines, are not found in these vehicles. For the purpose of the green technology movement, all parts in these vehicles use electric current.
The benefits of electric vehicles produced for the purpose of green technology;
With the increase of these vehicles, the use of internal combustion engine cars will gradually decrease. For this reason, since fuels such as gasoline and diesel will not be used, emission values will decrease considerably.
This will provide us with a much cleaner environment for our future. At the same time, people will spend less on fuel because electricity is a cheaper energy.
In this way, they will save money every year. These are just a few of the benefits. As the use of electric vehicles increases, I am sure we will see much more benefits.
To summarize all that I have written briefly; green technology is a movement formed due to increasing global warming and climatic negativities.
This movement also tells us to increase the products produced in line with the concept of green technology, in order to avoid any more negativity in nature.
This green technology movement has also found a response in the automotive sector. These are electric vehicles.
With the electric vehicles, it is aimed to reduce the harmful gases emitted. It has been stated that with decreasing emission values, our world will become healthier.