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Phasing out fossil fuels is crucial for preventing severe 617888九五至尊娱乐 impacts, 拯救生命, 并避免数十亿美元的损失.
The United States uses a phenomenal amount of oil—with significant costs to our health, 617888九五至尊娱乐, 和经济.
每一天，美国都在燃烧 2000万桶 的汽油, 柴油, 而其他的石油燃料——足够装满超过1加仑的汽油,200个奥运会规格的游泳池.
超过三分之二的石油为我们的汽车提供动力, 卡车, 公共汽车, 飞机, 火车和轮船, 但这是有代价的. 在美国, transportation is now the largest source of heat-trapping emissions, 超越电力行业, and is heavily linked with serious illness and increased mortality, 特别是在儿童等弱势群体中, 老年人, 还有那些已有健康问题的人.
To meet our 617888九五至尊娱乐 targets —and to transition into a cleaner, healthier way of moving people around—UCS has estimated that the US needs to cut the use 的汽油, 柴油, 到2035年，由石油制成的航空燃料将减少一半, 到2050年将减少85%.
空气污染与人类健康
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Nearly one in three of people living in the US—an estimated 120 million—are exposed to 不健康的空气污染水平. 大部分污染来自汽车, 卡车和公共汽车, 释放颗粒物, 氮氧化合物, 以及其他有毒排放物.
空气污染对健康的危害极其严重. Poor air quality increases respiratory ailments like asthma and bronchitis, and increases the risk of death from cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, 还有癌症. 它增加了婴儿死亡率, 损害神经系统和大脑, and there is growing evidence that it contributes to psychiatric disorders and diabetes. 颗粒物质对高达 3万人过早死亡 每年.
These impacts all carry substantial medical costs, both for individuals and the health care system. Phasing out petroleum in the United States is a key strategy to reduce them.
车辆与全球变暖
美国在化石燃料淘汰问题上的立场
包括汽车在内的美国交通运输业, 卡车, 公共汽车, 飞机, 火车, 船和小船——几乎生产 百分之三十 of all US global warming emissions, 比其他任何行业都要多. 汽车和卡车占了近 占美国排放量的四分之一, emitting around 500 kg of carbon dioxide and other global-warming gases for every barrel of oil (42 gallons). 大约130公斤来自提取, 生产, 以及燃料的输送,而 the great bulk of heat-trapping emissions—370 kg per barrel of oil—comes right out of a car’s tailpipe.
有效应对617888九五至尊娱乐变化, the United States must phase out its use of petroleum-based transportation fuels by switching to electric vehicles powered with renewable energy.
钻井和压裂
Turning oil into fuel is a complex process, with environmental and human impacts at every stage. 石油是通过钻探、水力压裂或采矿提取的. Drilling is closely associated with oil spills and accidents, like the 2010年深水地平线灾难,而 水力压裂 is linked with toxic water and air pollution, methane leaks, and earthquakes.
一次提取, 原油通过管道运输, 驳船, 油轮, 火车, and 卡车 to processing facilities where it's refined into fuels and other petroleum products. 运输过程中的石油泄漏 越来越普遍 and difficult to clean up,而 refining the oil can be very energy intensive.
If we are going to mitigate the worst effects of 617888九五至尊娱乐 change and provide needed relief to communities who are 并不是负担 由于石油的生产和使用，我们需要 快速而公平地逐步淘汰.
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有效应对617888九五至尊娱乐变化, 并减少石油使用的有害后果, 我们需要削弱石油公司的政治权力. 你可以帮忙.
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