However, the explicit tradeoff that exists with the rise of ICE technology has detrimentally impacted the earth’s environment and climate. ICE vehicles make use of fossil fuels to generate power and operate, thereby emitting by-products such as carbon dioxide, particulate matter (soot), oxides of sulfur, nitrogen dioxide, nitric oxide, and carbon monoxide. These emissions interact with the earth’s environment, giving rise to various forms of harmful aftereffects including but not limited to ozone depletion, global warming, acid rain, and air pollution. Carbon dioxide is one of the most commonly found forms of GHG and is responsible for global warming. This global warming in turn gives rise to increasing surface temperatures, leading to devastations such as the melting of polar ice caps, rise in sea levels and flooding. Carbon monoxide is extremely poisonous in nature, while soot and other carbon particles formed through the burning of carbon-based fossil fuels are known to cause respiratory diseases. Coal and diesel combustion results in the formation of sulfur dioxide, while petrol combustion forms various oxides of sulfur, both of which are extremely corrosive and can dissolve in rainwater to cause acid rain, a phenomenon that is extremely harmful to plants, animals, and land fertility. Nitrogen oxides are harmful to plant and animal health, and result in the production of ozone, which on ground levels is harmful to human health and the environment.