Hybrid Electric Vehicles The Dark Side John Orttenburger Lake Superior State University April 10‚ 2011 Abstract In the past decade‚ hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) have been making a big commotion with the innovative‚ gas saving technologies that accompany them. The illusion that HEVs are 100 percent environmentally friendly in all aspects also follows the HEV wave. Sadly the illusion often wins over unsuspecting customers the instant better gas mileage is offered. This review on the environmental
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treasured toy‚ a bright red Ferrari Testarossa Hot Wheels car‚ and rolling it back and forth on the glossy‚ white tiled floor of my house. It never left my hands‚ accompanying me to restaurants‚ my grandparent’s house‚ and even Disney World. Somehow‚ the simplicity of this toy car fascinated me. As I entered elementary school‚ I realized that real cars are more intricate and even more fascinating than the ones that fit in the palm of my hand. Each car has a beating heart of its own called an engine. Intrigued
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EFFECTS OF URBAN CRIME ON THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT Technical Paper by: Ms. Adit Padhi (aditipadhi@gmail.com) “Greater concern about terrorism places new opportunities before the design community. If protection is considered from the outset‚ design can make buildings and people safer.”1 Introduction Violent crime was the issue of the nineties‚ while terrorism has become the talk at the onset of 21st century. Understanding crime prevention design is therefore an invaluable tool in organization and
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Muscle cars have always been a big in the United States such as the Ford Mustang‚ Chevrolet Camaro‚ and Chevrolet Corvette. These cars are some of the most popular cars for the past 25 or more years‚ but over the past 10 years‚ Japanese cars are becoming more and more popular. Many people who are into muscle cars despise these ’imports’ and people who are into these imports have the same feelings toward muscle cars. These two types of car lovers have a strong dislike for each other and these cars. Many
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Why Teenagers Need Cars Imagine cruising down the highway in a brand-new red Mustang. This must be every teenager’s dream‚ though in reality‚ a compact sedan with a couple of dings in the door is probably more typical for those lucky enough to have a vehicle. Life is hard for teens who lack their own set of wheels. Today a car is a necessity‚ not a luxury‚ for teenagers‚ in my opinion. To begin‚ the daily schedule of the average student is a whirlwind of activity. What parent has time to
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and cutting dangerous emissions the environment as well as the human race may be better off. II. Air pollution is an unavoidable and invisible danger to not only humans‚ but the ecosystem as well. A. Health and Environmental effects 1. “One of the most prevalent and commonly known effects of air pollution is damage to our respiratory system including asthma‚ bronchitis and emphysema” (Macnair‚ 2011). 2. “Air pollution also causes damage to the environment. Air pollution has also been linked
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Global Marketing Environment and Its Effect On Marketing In this paper‚ I briefly analyzed global marketing environment and its effect on global marketing. There are 6 components of the global marketing environment: (1) Economic Environment‚ (2) Social Environment‚ (3) Technical Environment‚ (4) Institutional Environment‚ (5) Legal‚ Political Environment‚ and (6) Competitive Environment (Corner‚ n.d.) The changes of these components affect the market directly and create opportunities or threats
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The Smart Car Contents PAGE Executive Summary…………………………………………………………3 Introduction…………………………………………………………………..4 History of the Smart Car…………………………………………………….4 Features……………………………………………………………………....5 Economic Impact…………………………………………………………….6 Fuel Efficiency……………………………………………………………….6 Safety…………………………………………………………………………7 Environmental Impact……………………………………………………….7 Competitors/Comparison…………………………………………………...9 Marketing……………………………………………………………………..10 Critique………………………………………………………………………
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1101-Composition 1 October 18‚ 2006 Hybrid Verses Conventional Vehicles Today’s world is a world where everyone has to be somewhere at a certain time. This means you usually have to travel to get there. What I usually do to get somewhere is to get in my truck and drive there myself in my conventional truck. There are many obstacles that I run into when I have to drive though. Gas‚ energy‚ and the air pollution my truck causes are just some of the problems with this. A hybrid vehicle would help me out with
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finger at each other we need to start working on a solution to slow down the warming effect in our country or world. If we do not become more educated on how we our destroying the world there will be nothing left. Global Warming has become so bad that we cannot tell the difference between seasons and this is because of the damage that we have done to our earth resources. To understand the Global Warming effect we need to comprehend what man has done to this world first we have destroyed our trees
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