Small curls of a shiny‚ metallic looking substance float down onto a mountain of shreds. These shreds belong to cars-- the Honda EVs (electric vehicles)‚ to be exact. In the thought-provoking documentary‚ Who Killed the Electric Car?‚ director Chris Paine looks into the birth‚ rise‚ and fall of the electric car. This 2006 documentary explores this issue in an almost story-like way‚ a suspenseful murder thriller. With twists and turns at every corner‚ it is hard to see who is the real killer. Chris
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Air Pollution in Windsor The City of Windsor is recognized for having poor air quality in comparison with other Cities; however‚ relative studies have revealed associations between day-to-day variations in air pollution levels and respiratory health in Windsor. Windsor’s air quality is one the worst in Ontario‚ containing smog-causing ozone and other pollutants that harm civilians‚ according to a report released on October 30th by the Ontario Environment Ministry. Air pollution is extremely
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Windshield Survey Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 443 Community Health Nursing November‚ 2013 Introduction to South Lansing Lansing is the third largest city in Michigan and is also the state capitol. Lansing‚ on the whole‚ is an industrial city with many factories‚ some of which are now abandoned with the economic recession. South Lansing is a community consisting of a range of blue-collar to low income families. There are many older homes which were constructed in the
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Case study: Business Process Reengineering General Motors Corporation “General Motors is one of three leading automotive manufacturing companies in the United States. Based in Michigan in 1903 by Henry ford and grew to reach revenue of $150 billion and more than 370‚000 employees by 1996. In the 1970’s‚ the automobile market for the major auto makers - General Motors (GM)‚ Ford‚ and Chrysler- was crunched by competition from foreign manufactures such as Toyota and Honda. In 1999‚ Ford acquired
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that can help mitigate global warming as well as build more climate resilient communities. In New Delhi‚ India‚ a statement from the India’s popular engineer who pioneered India’s first electric car: “With the growing climate change awareness‚ our world is at the tipping point for electric cars. Electric cars‚ as called in some other countries are the latest innovation in technology that is considered as the best solution to the many issues that the transportation machines are facing now-a-days
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Introduction Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation is one of the leading corporation in the energy industry. This is done so through one of its holding companies‚ Pacific Gas and Electric Company or better known as PG&E. PG&E’s is the primary subsidiary for the corporation that provides customers with utility services and other energy generated services along with electricity‚ natural gas transmission‚ and the distribution of electricity. The primary area of operation of the company is the United
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Education Practices and conceptions involving electric guitar classes in private music schools Federal University of Paraíba (Brazil) marcosrosa2408@yahoo.com Marcos da Rosa Garcia Abstract This article discusses issues related to teaching the electric guitar in a private music school that offers free courses in the city of João Pessoa‚ Paraíba‚ Brazil. This work aims to present and reflect on the processes that characterize the teaching of the electric guitar in the context mentioned‚ taking
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Who Killed the Electric Car vs. A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash Who Killed the Electric Car directed by Chris Paine and A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash directed by Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack are similar documentary films in several aspects including their target audiences and viewpoints. Both documentaries choose to approach their messages differently concerning their use(s) of pathos‚ logos‚ and ethos. Who Killed the Electric Car relies much more on the use of pathos to relay its argument
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December 30‚ 1936‚ conditions in Flint michigan working conditions were depressing‚ for the working people at the Flint General Motors (GM) Fisher Body plant. On december 30 they simply locked the doors and sat down‚ in reaction to the strike General Motors made a decision to transfer inspectors to other jobs because they would not leave the union. That day‚ General Motors attempted to transport dies out of Flint by rail to other plants with weaker unions so they could continue to manufacture cars
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Mahindra Reva Introduction Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Private Limited‚ formerly known as the Reva Electric Car Company‚ is an Indian company based in Bangalore‚ involved in designing and manufacturing of compact electric vehicles. The company’s flagship vehicle is theREVAi electric car‚ available in 26 countries with more than 4‚000 of its different versions sold worldwide by mid March 2011. Reva was acquired by Indian conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra in May 2010. In 2013
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