#Ford is committed to reducing our planetary impact. Watch how we’re testing making vehicle plastics from CO2.https://t.co/YkInvj7j6T
— Ford Drive Green (@FordDriveGreen) May 17, 2016
The problem: burning fossil fuels like petroleum releases harmful levels of carbon dioxide.
The solution: remove carbon from the air and store it as something solid.
What can do this? Trees, other plants, and Ford.
Ford Motor Company has been working with a New York-based company called Novomer, which specializes in capturing carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources, and converting it into polymer plastics and foams. In essence, doing the same thing a tree does when it pulls carbon from the air to build up its trunk and leaves.
Ford researchers estimate that these CO2-based materials could reduce the automaker's petroleum use by 600 million pounds each year, and will be ready for use in new Ford vehicles within the next five years.
The next time you visit Lithia Ford of Klamath Falls, you could be test driving a model made out of converted air pollution.
Until then, you can help reduce your vehicle's emissions with regular visits to our Ford service center for oil and filter changes, tire pressure checks, and other maintenance to keep your vehicle at its most efficient.