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V 3. Assessment of benefit for North Carolina: As elected officials, the Carrboro Mayor and Board of Aldermen are responsible for the health and economic welfare of our community. This grant gives us an opportunity to show the benefits of EV conversion as an efficient, fiscally and environmentally sound step toward improving air quality. • EV's, with no tailpipe emission or tailpipe odor, are very quiet when in operation. The quality of the air in which they are used is preserved; • Maintenance costs are low: no oil changes or tune -ups are necessary and plugging into a recharger at-night costs less than one -half what gasoline would cost, • EV's are energy efficient: they convert two times as much energy into power as internal combustion engines (which turn less than 35 percent of the energy in the gasoline fuel into usable power.) I Permanent benefit to North Carolina: As the twentieth century closes, the general public has not fully grasped the full results of a century of burning fossil fuels and internal combustion engines. The legacy of Pollution. environmental degradation and poor air quality demands a response. This Project will raise the consciousness of our Town, region and State - calling attention to the Problem and to one small community's efforts to.prepare for'anew century. • Sponsored by the Town, this project will be highly visible to the public, removing the mystery of EV's. We hope that citizens will be encouraged to convert their own smaller vehicles, further in bIsing air quality; • EV conversions offer North Carolinians an alternative to polluting, gasoline fueled engines. 5. Broadness of applicability to North Carolina: Carrboro is a highly visible part of the Research Triangle- the area within North Carolina most heavily covered by television and the press. • This Project would serve as a model for other towns across the state, showing how to replace combustion engines, recycle small older vehicles, and convert to an EV. In addition to its air quality benefits, it makes good economic sense. • The Project would also serve as an educational process to increase public awareness statewide of the environmental need for, and the operation of, EV's. r