Going Green

Both “Life in the Green Lane” and “Going Nuclear: A Green Makes the Case” refute common ideas that people have about hybrid cars and nuclear energy respectively. Life in the Green Lane talks about the idea that hybrid cars might not be as beneficial to the environment as many think. The idea is discussed while some "hybrid" cars get great gas miles others get little even compared to the dreaded SUVs. It also goes on to talk about how hybrid cars only get great gas mileage in the city while going long distances they actually get worse mpgs. He goes on to suggest that it might be better in some cases to drive a regular gas car that gets good mpgs rather than just go for hybrid. Moore’s article Going Nuclear is an article that argues that nuclear energy is the only good alternative to standard coal energy. He goes on to refute many of the common ideas that are thought to be problematic with nuclear energy. In both of these articles the writer is an expert in their respective field be it a writer for a car magazine or a cofounder of Greenpeace. The fact that they are expert in their field provides support to the fact that they are very knowledgeable on the subject.