"How Serious Was the Volkswagen Scandal?"





Image result for poor environment and cars   In the informative essay “How Serious Was the Volkswagen Scandal?” (2017), Jacob Skovran describes the negative effects that auto-mobiles can have on our environment. Skovran uses different references of events to convey the importance on how damaging cars and the kind of gas used for them can be. The purpose of “How Serious Was the Volkswagen Scandal” was to inform readers in order to encourage the use of safe engines. The intended audience are car owners and car makers.
      I completely agree with the way the engineers at Volkswagon handled the cheating scandal. As an engineer myself, I am held to a certain standard of honesty when it comes to my work. I can't imagine having to work on a car knowing that you are deceiving people and putting their lives and others in danger every single day. With that being said, if I were one of the engineers, I would've been one of the fifty that came forward and exposed the cheating scandal.
      In the short essay “How Serious Was the Volkswagen Scandal?” by Jacob Skovran he brings to light the way Volkswagen attempted to cheat emissions to take advantage of the small market of Diesel cars being sold because of the restrictions that were placed on them. He uses different sources to educate the reader on why diesel engine are bad for the health of humans. He gives great examples explaining the dangers of NOx, which is produced by diesel engine and is very harmful for humans and has been said to be the cause many premature deaths. Skovran explains how bad this scandal could be potentially for Europe, where over 50% of the cars driven are diesel vehicles. He states, “Because of this scandal, Europe’s air pollution will only worsen and potentially more lives will be lost to preventable causes” (Skovran).  He also gives the reader a sense of the passion he has for the subject by starting his essay by sharing his personal interest in automobiles. He starts the essay by saying, “I have had a passion for the engineering of automobiles since before I could even drive” (Skovran). This is engages the reader because it shows that he has passion for the subject he is going to write about. Skovran is very educated on the subject and it shows in his essay.

Works Cited
Skovran, Jacob. "How Serious Was the Volkswagen Scandal." Connections: Guide to First            Year Writing @ Clayton State University. Ed. Mary Lamb. 4th Edition. South Lake: 2014.

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