Introduction
Shaltley emerged as a response to the proposed project work for the 2022/2023 school year within the scope of Sustainable Development.
In the current era we live, we are witnessing an unprecedented technological advance, however, this advance has quite pernicious aspects, namely the continuous use of fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas and coal.
Fossil fuels
Fossil fuels are formed at depth and result from the decomposition of dead organisms that have been buried over millions of years. These contain a huge amount of carbon and are considered non-renewable resources.
Furthermore, its burning is responsible for an exponential increase in what concerns carbon emissions into the atmosphere, contributing not only to the increase in global warming, but also to the loss of biodiversity and the worsening of health.
It is these resources that provide about 80% of the energy we depend on for our needs.
Thus, the founding group of the Shaltley project aspired to fight against this indiscriminate consumption through the adoption of an alternative to fuels resulting from petroleum refining, which are used in conventional vehicles, undertaking the task of building an electric prototype.