Green Cars Persuasive Speech Outline
Andy Yowell
Geoffrey Bennett
Principles of speech
4/20/2015
General Purpose: To argue
Specific Purpose: To argue the point that green cars aren’t any better than non green cars.
Thesis Statement: The government and certain car manufacturing companies shouldn’t be promoting energy conserving vehicles as zero emissions vehicles because 1) the process of manufacturing electric cars pollutes the environment; 2) recharging the car uses a tremendous amount of fossil fuels; 3)The cost to manufacture an electric and hybrid vehicle is tremendous.
Introduction
I. (Attention Getter) The U.S. Government has wasted billions of dollars to develop electric cars to replace gasoline and diesel vehicles on the premise that they are “cleaner” for …show more content…
(Third Constructive Argument) Electric cars need recharging and special plug-in stations.
A. most electric-car models can travel no more than about 100 miles on a full charge.
1. A typical 120 volt outlet will take 10’s of hours to charge the batteries.
i. Customers would need 240 volt accessibility to charge in a few hours. ii. Most areas as of yet don’t support an infrastructure with charging stations as readily available as gas stations.
B. Battery cost unlikely to change unless battery costs drop dramatically, despite the drastic change that represents from gas-powered vehicles.
1. currently batteries cost about $400-600 for each unit called a kilowatt-hour.
2. Current electric cars contain batteries with up to 85 kilowatt-hours.
(Transition) As I’ve shown you, retrieving the lithium needed for the batteries is dangerous and bad for the environment. The initial cost of an electric car is more expensive than most people can afford. And driving electric cars, comparatively to gas powered cars, isn’t really saving you any money, because of the cost of electricity and availiability of plug in stations. My final argument is in opposition to the fact that electric cars will replace gas powered cars and trucks in the foreseeable
Geoffrey Bennett
Principles of speech
4/20/2015
General Purpose: To argue
Specific Purpose: To argue the point that green cars aren’t any better than non green cars.
Thesis Statement: The government and certain car manufacturing companies shouldn’t be promoting energy conserving vehicles as zero emissions vehicles because 1) the process of manufacturing electric cars pollutes the environment; 2) recharging the car uses a tremendous amount of fossil fuels; 3)The cost to manufacture an electric and hybrid vehicle is tremendous.
Introduction
I. (Attention Getter) The U.S. Government has wasted billions of dollars to develop electric cars to replace gasoline and diesel vehicles on the premise that they are “cleaner” for …show more content…
(Third Constructive Argument) Electric cars need recharging and special plug-in stations.
A. most electric-car models can travel no more than about 100 miles on a full charge.
1. A typical 120 volt outlet will take 10’s of hours to charge the batteries.
i. Customers would need 240 volt accessibility to charge in a few hours. ii. Most areas as of yet don’t support an infrastructure with charging stations as readily available as gas stations.
B. Battery cost unlikely to change unless battery costs drop dramatically, despite the drastic change that represents from gas-powered vehicles.
1. currently batteries cost about $400-600 for each unit called a kilowatt-hour.
2. Current electric cars contain batteries with up to 85 kilowatt-hours.
(Transition) As I’ve shown you, retrieving the lithium needed for the batteries is dangerous and bad for the environment. The initial cost of an electric car is more expensive than most people can afford. And driving electric cars, comparatively to gas powered cars, isn’t really saving you any money, because of the cost of electricity and availiability of plug in stations. My final argument is in opposition to the fact that electric cars will replace gas powered cars and trucks in the foreseeable