The good news: the U.S. is making a tectonic shift from burning coal to produce the majority of its electricity to using cleaner natural gas. The changeover produces less CO2, making electric cars cleaner across the country, roughly equivalent to a hybrid.
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, a chemical responsible for sending messages between the brain and different nerve cells of the body. It's responsible for many functions, including memory, sleep, mood, pleasurable reward, behavior and cognition.
Dopamine is a catecholamine neurotransmitter that occurs in a wide variety of animals, including both vertebrates and invertebrates. In the brain, this phenethylamine functions as a neurotransmitter, activating the five types of dopamine receptors-D1, D2, D3, D4, and D5 - and their variants. Dopamine is produced in several areas of the brain, including the substantia nigra and the ventral tegmental area.