Footprint Calculation CO2 Emission‚ Energy Consumption and Water Consumption due to Pavement Construction and Usage Darío Enrique Romero Santana Department of Civil and Construction Engineering‚ Western Michigan University 4601 Campus Drive‚ Room G-249 Kalamazoo‚ MI 49008 United States Introduction Footprint is defined as the “measurement of how much land‚ water and natural resources a person‚ city‚ country or humanity as a whole requires to produce the resource it consumes”‚ (Edelman Darym)
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or the first 21 years of our existence we are supposed to be schooled‚ prepped‚ and pruned for a job that we might not get‚ or for that matter enjoy‚ so that we can maybe one day get a "guarantee" of a life that we are not even sure we want. This uncertainty is perpetuated by the fixation humanity has with the future. People are willing to sacrifice the present moments of their lives‚ in hopes of one day achieving the ability to fulfill the desires that they hold at bay. The issue is that the future
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In the documentary food inc. it takes an in depth look at the farming industry that not a lot of people get to see. The film shows how convenience foods are cheaper and more abundant than ever‚ and people are not realizing how the food gets put on their plates. I always though food came from nice farms with cute little fences and everyone’s happy‚ but in reality most foods come from mega factories and assembly lines that mass produce unhealthy choices for people to consume. When I think about the
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rise in the number of pensionable-aged Scots by 2035 (Scottish Government‚ 2011b)‚ this increase in chronic disease has led to a focus on the health risks associated with our behaviour (Dixon and Johnston‚ 2010). Risk Factor: Excessive Alcohol Consumption Alcohol has an irritant effect‚ contributing to arteriosclerosis‚ ultimately increasing the risk of hypertension‚ heart disease and stroke (Harrington-Dobinson and Blows‚ 2007a). It irritates the mucous lining of the gastrointestinal tract and
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Feedlot industries are not planet-friendly‚ beef produces methane and caused greenhouse effect. Most of the supermarket in Bay Are like Food Source sells feedlot meats by sold industrialized companies like Tyson‚ Swift‚ Cargill‚ and National Beef. These companies are cruel as they separate the cows from their calf just after birth just to make money from the milk and the poor calves are forced to eat corn to survive. I think this act is unethical as both the mumThese companies keep all the farmers
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CUSTOMER PROFILE OF METU STUDENTS ON SHAMPOO CONSUMPTION The word “shampoo” comes from the Hindu word champo which means “head massage”. In United Kingdom‚ there were special places to get head massage like Turkish baths where even the kings facilitate from. In the 1860s‚ the meaning of the word shifted from the sense of massage to applying soap to the hair. Then later‚ English hairstylers found new way of using soap on the hair‚ boiled down it and added herb in it. By the way‚ today’s shampoo
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SOLVED PROBLEMS OF CHAPTER # 13 TITLE: RECPROCTING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES PROBLEM # 13.1: A quantity governed four-stroke‚ single-cylinder gas engine has a bore of 146mm and a stroke of 280mm.At 475 rev/min and full load the net load on the friction brake is 433 N‚ and the torque arm is 0.45 m. The indicator diagram gives a net area of 578 mm² and a length of 70 mm with a spring rating of 0.815 bar per mm. calculate the ip‚bp‚ and mechanical efficiency. GIVEN DATA: Four stroke
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Following is the process flow diagram Suppliers‚ UV‚ Scorpio & Logan Supply module UV Body Shop Logan Body Shop Press Shop Scorpio Body Shop Paint Shops Bolero TCF Scorpio TCF Logan TCF Customers 3.0 Production‚ Energy Consumption & Specific Energy Consumption (SEC) Description Unit FY 04-05 FY 05-06 FY 06-07 Electrical Energy kWh/Eq. Vehicle 387 346 316 Thermal Energy M KCal/Eq. Vehicle 0.44 0.35 0.32 Total Energy Bill Rs. Lakhs 1921 2061 2566 Energy as % of Total cost of
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U4A1A4 | Position Paper Date: July 24th‚ 2012 Is illness and obesity related to fast food consumption an individual responsibility or a corporate responsibility? I think illness and obesity related to fast food consumption is both by individual responsibility and corporate responsibility. The corporate can have a carelessly prepared burger‚ fires‚ or anything else on the menu‚ and get the customer sick but even if they don’t if an individual continues to eat an unreasonable amount of burgers
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After reading Singer’s argument on the matter Johnson acknowledged the consumption of meat to be morally wrong and was “left with the conclusion that vegans were right. Oddly‚ however‚ that didn’t make [him] think twice about laying sliced turkey on [his] sandwich the next day. [He] was convinced on a rational level‚ but not in
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