Module 6: Debate < The Sustainable of Gasoline Engine>

In this debate, we have decided a debate topic which is the sustainable of the gasoline engine. I was in the group of agree the gasoline engine that still sustainable. And the other group was doing the disagree of the gasoline engine. We had 5 person in totally for our group, in order to do acquire more information and details for our debate, we had decided to do the research individually and make a discussion after. Due to the request from our lecturer, we need to provide those information and evidence in the e-portfolio. Here are the main point that we had done for our debate.

1. We agree that gasoline engine is still sustainable and important in the automobile industry.
2. Compare to those electric engine vehicles, gasoline engine vehicles provide a better speed, power, and comfort advantages to the drivers.
3. From the history we can know that, gasoline engine has conquered the automotive industry among 350 years or more.Therefore, it has already prove that gasoline engine was a very reliable engine for the driver.
4. Do comparison between gasoline engine and electric or hybrid engine, the repairing cost or maintenance cost of the gasoline engine is much cheaper than the electric engine. This is partly a reason of the majority of the vehicles product are the gasoline engine.
5. Among many of the advantages of the gasoline car may be mentioned first the large range of choice because of the number of types available on the market. 
6. Second the capability of running long distances without replenishing supplies.
7. Third wide dissemination of knowledge regarding its construction.
8. Fourth no gauges to watch and partially automatic operation.
9. Even at the rapidly rising cost, it is still cheaper than any other fuel.
10. Gasoline engine has higher energy density than almost any other from of energy. Therefore gasoline engine lets vehicles travel further between refills than almost any other form of energy.
11. The impact of the gasoline engine to others industry was very large and wide.
12. From the research of American Thresher man. They said that a "gasoline engine is one man power." That is, it is a power that one man all alone can operate to good advantage and do the work of two or three men with other kinds of power.
13. Gasoline engine gives plenty of power all the time.
14. Compare to the hybrid vehicles, gasoline engine warm up time was much shorter than hybrid vehicles.
15. The sustainable of gasoline engine is true, due to the fact of heavy vehicle such as truck, tanks, marine boat and etc are also using the gasoline engine.
16. Gasoline engine is much lighter and also it's not complicated as any other type of energy.
17. Gasoline engine is available anywhere, even in the less develop country.
18. Does not need to take time for charging the vehicles.
19. According to BBC News on 4th October, a report wrote through the research from Norwegian University of science and Technology has mentioned that, the pollution of the electric vehicles EVs or Hybrid vehicles HEVs is even higher than the gasoline engine. Basically a electric vehicles required a lot toxic materials such as the nickle, copper and aluminum.
20. A lot of side impact that can be happen to others industry such as marine industry, power station, etc. 
21. Electric vehicle produce an indirectly pollution to the environment and human. As we can know, as many the electric vehicle drive in future, as many power station or power source need to be build up. 
22. Therefore, excessive power station will produces others pollution to the environment such as the acid rain, airborne particulate matter, smog, and human toxicity.

These photos has shows that our group was doing the discussion after the information been collected. We share out our own opinions to our group on the day before the debate start. Photos took on 7/11/2012.