and caliber ( Time’s Most Influential People). Zipcar has become the largest carsharing company in the world. Soon after her first successful company launched‚ she realized the need for more real time sharing opportunities that were specific to carpooling. Building upon her passion for a collaborative economy and transportation‚ she started GoLoco‚ a ridesharing community focused on the concept of a “shared trip” between friends‚ families or coworkers. Essentially‚ Ms. Chase has built upon the well-used
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Water pollution is a serious matter‚ and can be defined as a problem. Poor water quality is just another way of saying water pollution. Water pollution is when one or more substances build up in water to such an extent‚ that several problems for animals and humans develop. Rivers‚ lakes‚ oceans‚ and other inland waters are able to naturally clean up certain amounts of the pollution by dispersing them harmlessly. Water pollution depends on the quantities: how much of the polluting substance is released
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contributing to climate change. Nonetheless‚ recycling and reusing allows less energy to go into the process of creating new items‚ and less fossil fuels being burned to affect the Earth ’s atmosphere. Instead of one person driving a car everyday‚ carpooling and using public transportation may also reduce gas emissions. Your ecological footprint is important because it represents the amount of earth ’s resources and spaces needed to support your everyday life. If every person needs too much‚ Earth ’s
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Traffic congestion is a condition on road networks that occurs as use increases‚ and is characterized by slower speeds‚ longer trip times‚ and increased vehicularqueueing. The most common example is the physical use of roads by vehicles. When traffic demand is great enough that the interaction between vehicles slows the speed of the traffic stream‚ this results in some congestion. As demand approaches the capacity of a road (or of the intersections along the road)‚ extreme traffic congestion sets
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This essay and its contents is designed to define and discuss the concept of my position on the following statement: “Human activity‚ especially the burning of fossil fuels. It also answers inquiries of; is it a major contributor to climate change? Do I agree or disagree? From my research and readings‚ I‘ve concluded that‚ the foremost effect that burning fossil fuels has on our environment is the greenhouse effect‚ also known as global warming. Carbon dioxide‚ which is also known as greenhouse
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thought that the man is the breadwinner and the women stays at home and takes care of all the other household responsibilities. Hope states in her essay “When I was growing up in suburban New York‚ my mother seemed to do everything. Everything. Carpooling‚ haircuts‚ vet appointments‚ ice cream cakes‚ dinners in the crock-pot‚ book report dioramas- the whole roll call for a house wife of the 1960’s and 1970’s” (430)‚ this was how women were perceived in the 60’s and 70’s. The men were expected to
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appliances that are not in use to help reduce the use of energy within their household. Gas is another problem the earth is restricted on. Reducing the use of gas helps reduce the climate change in the world. For instance‚ people can reduce gas by carpooling with a neighbor or a friend. He or she could also ride their bikes to work‚ to school‚ or even to the park. This helps reduce the use of energy and gas. Although reducing helps the earth use less‚ reusing materials helps reduce waste. Reusing materials
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Seeing the destruction the planet is facing‚ I have made many changes to my life. Adapting to a simpler lifestyle takes many steps but it can be as easy as carpooling‚ which helps to reduce the amount of carbon monoxide released into the atmosphere‚ or taking shorter showers‚ to conserve the fresh water that is available for use on earth. Making changes to my life and becoming more globally aware of the harmful
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Europe‚ North America and Rest of the World Green revolution and emerging business class driving the market As car users and owners gained awareness about the environment and green revolution hit the automobile industry‚ car sharing and carpooling became a popular preference which has led to the growth of the car rental industry. This‚ coupled with factors such as the emerging business class in countries such as China and India‚ increasing
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Imagine if oil supply is get exhausted how will it effect your life style? Answer: This is very serious matter of exahausting of oil supply this exhausting will disturb our daily routine of kitchen or in vehicles. The truth is that there is more effort being put into keeping the energy supply as it is than making healthy alternatives. there is a great deal of power concentrated in the hands of a few people as things stand. they know we will eventually run out of oil. In the meantime however
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