1. Goal and scope A. Selecting an appropriate functional unit is important, but may not be straightforward. Here, our functional unit will be 200,000 miles driven - in other words, the amount of driving a person could expect to do if they bought a new car and drove it until the end of its life. As we know, however, a variety of functional units may be acceptable. a. Briefly explain ( 1 sentence each) why each of the following alternative functional units would or would not be appropriate for our purposes. - "one vehicle" - "distance traveled in one full gas tank or battery charge" - "one year of normal commuting" -1kg of vehicle" b. Now let's say that, in addition to a conventional automobile and an EV, we also wanted to consider riding the public bus as a personal transportation option. In this case, would 200,000 miles driven still be an appropriate choice of functional unit? Why or why not? Which of the functional units from the above list might be more suitable? B. In order to capture the major sources of environmental impacts from "cradle to grave" we will consider three phases of the life cycle: Production, Use, and End-of-life. What is one other phase we could consider? Do you think that omitting this phase will have a significant impact on our conclusions? Why or why not? C. Since our stated purpose is to evaluate which option is more "climate-friendly," we will consider the impact category of global warming potential (GWP, units: kgCO eq). a. Before we begin our LCA, let's form some hypotheses about what we expect to find. Do you expect that EVs or conventional automobiles will be "better" from the perspective of GWP? Do you think that the Production, Use, and End-of-life phases will all contribute equally to GWP for conventional vehicles? How about EVs? Explain your reasoning for each answer. b. What is one other impact category we could consider? Would your answers to the above questions be the same for this impact category, or different? Why