This editorial cartoon depicts an electric car being tested, while it includes a power plant to power it. The power plant represents the resources used to power it, perhaps a carbon coal plant. The cartoon points out that an electric car may be called green in and of itself, but it is also not green when the source of the power is considered. It shows how hard it is to actually make something "green".
This article can be considered effective in that it brings out a valuable point perhaps not considered by many. I certainly did not think about where the electricity comes from. Hopefully, this picture leads more people to try and find out if what they use can really be considered "green". The label may not always be accurate.
Good article, not any spelling errors. Maybe edit it to bring up the point of manufacturing the batteries that go into the cars, because they are lithium and hard to produce.
ReplyDeleteGood start, but you could develop the paragraphs a bit more. For example, what's the deal with the giant battery? What other symbols do you see? What techniques does the cartoonist employ to achieve his point?
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