Disadvantages of alternate fuels The truth about the manufacturing and use of alternate fuels‚ as with everything else in life‚ is a mix of benefits and cost. Electricity is one of the alternate fuels that made it to production. The Chevy Volt is one such vehicle. The problem with this car is that it cost $41‚000 to buy one‚ and the battery life for a charge is only 37 miles. There would be no value for us to use electric cars. (Courture‚2011). Ethanol
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Uses of fossil fuel Fossil fuels consist of coal‚ petroleum and natural gas that are found under the earth’s surface‚ formed from billions of years of compression and decomposition of dead plant and animal matter. They are the leading source of energy for the mankind and are used for various purposes like energy for transportation‚ electricity‚ manufacturing process and also used in the manufacturing process of day to day items like plastic. Main fossil fuels are. 1. Coal Coal is
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GREEN MARKETING IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY ABSTRACT Green marketing in automobile industry Green marketing is the marketing of products that are presumed to be environmentally safe. Thus green marketing incorporates a broad range of activities‚ including product modification‚ changes to the production process‚ packaging changes‚ as well as modifying advertising. Other similar terms used are Environmental Marketing and Ecological Marketing. Green‚ environmental and eco-marketing are part of the new
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indulged in manufacturing of cars captivated me. Learning about the different stages and processes involved in the designing and production of automobiles encouraged me to sketch my own models of cars and bikes. My visit to the factory was a memorable experience as it gave me a chance to see the factory’s heavy machinery and equipment’s used for manufacturing automobiles. It was from that day onwards that I was completely enamoured by designing‚ manufacturing and their functionality. As I grew older‚
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Introduction to Automobile Industry AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY Indian automobile industry has grown leaps and bounds since 1898‚ a time when a car had touched the Indian streets for the first time. At present it holds a promising tenth position in the entire world with being # 2 in two wheelers and # 4 in commercial vehicles. Withstanding a growth rate of 18% per annum and an annual production of more than 2 million units‚ it may not be an exaggeration to say that this industry in the coming years will
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ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS Research paper Zagreb‚ svibanj 2013. Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 3 2. ART INVESTMENT 3 3. OLD - TIMERS 6 4. BASEBALL MEMORABILIA 8 5. WINE 11 6. CONCLUSION 13 INTRODUCTION | Alternative investments have become popular because many people and investors have been looking into safer ways to invest their money. But there is a question: What is actually an alternative investment
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commodity and financial markets. However‚ the rapid and widespread change in information technologies has arguably eroded the power provided to these global processing concerns. The automobile industry is often characterized in terms that limit the scope of discussion to the manufacture and sale of new automobiles. The role of information technology (IT) in this process has never been in the foreground: it has always been infrastructural‚ making possible subtle but profound changes in nearly every
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Alternatives to Gasoline in Vehicles One of the most pressing issues in today’s society both climatically and economically is the use of gasoline and fossil fuels in our vehicles. Ever since the creation of the automobile in the early 1900s gasoline has become a commodity that helps the global economy tremendously. However‚ after over one hundred years of the use the resource has come to be scarcer‚ and all of the greenhouse gases and pollution that were released have helped set in motion the
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Alternative Energy for Future Nowadays the most common energy resources come from Fossil Fuel‚ which according to research it shows that more of 85% of all energy that is consumed in the United States. It takes millions of years for the Fossil Fuel to actually develop and ready to be used‚ and the main concern of Fossil Fuel is that it cannot be consumed over and over again or reused. Through this analysis it can be assumed that because it takes millions of years for the fossil fuel to develop‚
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Fuel is one of the important resources in our society. We use the fuels to support our living‚ produce electricity‚ heat homes‚ and operate machinery. Since the fuel is a limited resource‚ the fuel scarcity will be a big issue in the future. The price of the gasoline is currently on the rise. NASCAR cut the volume of fuel cell from twenty gallons to thirteen gallons each car. There is a high demand for a new energy. After the issue of fuel crisis was brought up‚ the society started to be interested
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