No sudden changes in the energy infrastructure are required. The movement to sustainability is driving companies involved in the lubricant industry to develop approaches for becoming carbon neutral in the near future. Carbon neutrality means that the amount of carbon dioxide removed by a specific organization is equal to the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the organization. One of the benefits of moving to carbon neutrality is an improvement in air quality. In a previous TLT article, researchers developed six model scenarios to assess how the use of electric vehicles in the U.S. will affect air quality and the health of individuals. The researchers built these models by assuming that the electric vehicles comprised 0%, 25% and 75% of the total U.S. light-duty passenger car vehicle fleet and then including three different energy generation scenarios. If 25% of electric vehicles are used in the U.S., the researchers estimated a cost savings of $17 billion in damages due to air pollution, health and climate change annually. This figure increases to $70 billion annually if the percentage of electric vehicles in use is 75%.
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