{"id":15308,"date":"2023-06-28T14:19:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T14:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=15308"},"modified":"2023-06-28T14:19:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T14:19:49","slug":"15308","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/28\/15308\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Owning a motor vehicle sets us class apart from peers in society. It provides freedom and movement, not to mention style and status but these also come with a big impact on the planet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though vehicle pollutants harm our health and contain greenhouse gases that cause climate change.<\/p>\n

Burning gasoline and diesel fuel creates harmful byproducts like nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, benzene, and formaldehyde. In addition, vehicles emit carbon dioxide, the most common human-caused greenhouse gas.<\/p>\n

The fact that cars consume massive energy<\/a><\/span>\u00a0before ever making it to the open road, the production leaves a giant footprint as materials like steel; rubber, glass, plastics, paints, and many others are hazardous to the environment.<\/p>\n

Similarly, the end of a car\u2019s life doesn\u2019t mark the end of its environmental impact. Plastics, toxic battery acids, and other products may stay in the environment.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, South Sudan doesn\u2019t have recycling plants or facilities in place like her other sisterly countries, this contributes to pile-ups of grounded cars littering all around our urban areas and cities.<\/p>\n

Absence of recycling, and disposal facilities cost direly on our environment. The impacts are difficult to quantify and largely beyond the control of most consumers.<\/p>\n

Government should consider allowing importation of eco-friendly and economical cars into the country.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s good news that pre-shipment verification of product conformity with the standards of all motor vehicles and spare parts imports to weed out substandard products will be mandatory.<\/p>\n

The National Bureau of Standards should most importantly restrict the importation of used or second-hand cars and consider only brand-new and durable models to access our roads.<\/p>\n

Other aspects of reckless drivers who end up leaving automobiles along the roadsides in accidents will be looked at later by traffic police and the hospital staff.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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