Explain why fossil fuel exploration could lead to high economic and environmental costs. (10) A fossil fuel is a natural fuel such as coal or gas‚ formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms. There are many environmental and economic costs behind the exploration of fossil fuels‚ and as demand is ever increasing‚ these costs in turn are multiplying. There have been many environmental costs linked to the exploration of fossil fuels. Firstly looking at fracking‚ which has
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The United States should not drill for oil in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge because it would harm the environment‚ disrupt the animals‚ and destroy plants. The United States Congress created the Artic National Wildlife Refuge in 1980 (To drill or not to drill?: 6). The Artic National Wildlife Refuge is also known as ANWR (To drill or not to drill?: 6). The Artic National Wildlife Refuge is 19.6 million acres of wilderness (Scalzo‚ Jim Lo.: 37). Of the 19.6 million acres in the Artic National
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Energy For The Future John Hosking We live in a world where technology has outgrown us‚ and where we have outgrown our world. Beyond our dependence on the earth’s resources for simple necessities we have grown dependent on it for energy. Since we developed our need for energy the quest to find it has been perpetual. Over the last 200 years that need has been mainly supplied by fossil fuels‚ predominately coal. Recently‚ interest in the development for more sustainable energy options has
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There have been many global catastrophes that have led to the invention of using microbes to rid contamination or prevent massive disasters. Some events that benefitted from bioremediation have been the chemical spill in the Love Canal‚ the nuclear explosion in Chernobyl‚ and the Exxon oil spill. The use of fungi and bacteria were instrumental in reducing the effects of these disasters. In order to understand their ability of detoxification‚ it is important to understand how they work in these situations
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i i Dedication This report is dedicated to the 11 men who lost their lives on the Deepwater Horizon rig on April 20‚ 2010 and to their families‚ in hope that this report will help minimize the chance of another such disaster ever happening again. Jason Anderson Aaron Dale Burkeen Donald Clark Stephen Curtis Gordon Jones Roy Wyatt Kemp Karl Dale Kleppinger‚ Jr. Blair Manuel Dewey Revette Shane Roshto Adam Weise ii Acknowledgements We wish to acknowledge the many individuals and
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This massive oil spill flowed for almost three months after the explosion and sinking of the rig in April 2010. The oil slick was so large satellites could see the spread of oil. This water pollution catastrophe caused an extreme rise in death rates in the marine‚ bird‚ and wetland species. The beaches‚ estuaries‚ and wetlands were covered with a thick oily material. The Deepwater Horizon spill is considered the worst oil spill in history. Many other
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customers‚ governments and host communities. After that‚ the author will evaluate the relative importance and the actions taken by BP to deal with these ethical dilemmas. The actions include set up trust fund‚ pay penalties‚ compensation and cleanup oil spill. This includes a discussion and application of appropriate ethical theory. Then‚ it is followed by a detailed discussion of the organization’s best practices and values together with the application of the appropriate ethical theories such as ethics
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a restaurant manager‚ who rarely has time to serve customers and is even discouraged by head office from doing so; an assistant manager whose main priority is assisting the manager with purchasing‚ hiring‚ accounts and spends little time on the frontline serving customers; and finally‚ several part time team leaders who are either full time college or high school students who only service customers. Over the past eighteen months‚ Barrie Super Subs has been experiencing a series of problems which
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Isolation gown‚ Face mask with shield‚ examination gloves‚ for MA. Also an Isolation gown for Patient. Scenario # 5: The Medical Assistant is assisting her co-worker in cleaning up a blood spill in the office laboratory. MA would put on rubber‚ latex‚ or PVC gloves for small spills. For large blood spills you would call HazMat
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Martyrdom in the 3rd Century Roman Empire Reading the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Falicitas‚ it is easy to gather that the general feeling and attitudes of the Roman people toward Christians were intolerant at best. The very concept of Christianity‚ in that it is monotheistic is a threat to the ancient Roman culture. Romans‚ while not entirely religious in terms that we understand it now‚ believed that their Emperors were semi-divine and closely linked with their Gods. For Christians not to participate
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