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    of standards that their products need to achieve to be safe and fit for the purpose that they have been designed for. It also gives the purchaser the expectation that the item has reached the standards set down by the BSI and will be a safe for the expected life of the item. (c) (i) The energy on impact is calculated by using the following equations: Potential Energy (PE) = mass x gravity x height This gives the potential energy at the height when the ball is

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    anyone use solar energy as an alternative energy to solve the world’s pollution problem? As humans‚ everyday we burn many different types of fossil fuels to produce ourselves electricity and to power up our vehicles‚ and so we create a lot of pollution‚ making this our own fault. With our modern technology and the abundance of the sun’s energy‚ solar energy has the ability to provide the world with electricity and different types of fluid (“Solar Energy”). Solar energy is ?e energy source. It is also

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    No. We should not continue using oil as the major source of energy. ------- Student ID: ------ 1st year‚ --- Professor --------- Workshop 1 class EE July 2‚ 2014 For the past several decades we have been relying on oil as our major source of energy. It is oil that driven the industrial revolution and turn the global economy into what it is right now. However‚ the increasing rate of our reliance and hunger for oil has been causing us devastating problems so awful that we can’t afford to ignore

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    INTERMEDIATE VOCATIONAL COURSE Second Year NON CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES LAB For the Course of Rural Engineering Technician State Institute of Vocational Education Directorate of Intermediate Education Govt. of Andhra Pradesh‚ Hyderabad. 2005 AUTHOR Sri Shali Habibulla M.Tech (Ref & A/c)‚ Hons. C.H.E. M.I.S.T.E. Department of Rural Engineering Technician Govt. Junior College (Boys) New‚ Town‚ Anantapur PREFACE The main objective of vocational education is to train the students

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    563050570-1 How can alternative sources of energy be harnessed effectively? Our modern life today needs energy. World energy demand is more than available energy sources. Fossil fuels are running out every time it is used. So we need to provide new energy that can be harnessed instead of fossil fuel for today and tomorrow. Alternative energy This problem can be solved by LCOE‚ national grid‚ and new technologies like Crystal Solar and optimizing battery storage. Fossil fuel is non-renewable energy that

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    Warming and Alternative Energy People are inflicting major damage to the Earth’s environment‚ and if we don’t do anything to stop the destruction soon‚ the results could be devastating. Most people know about global warming and think it may be a serious problem in the future. What most people don’t understand is that global warming is happening now‚ and we are already feeling some of its destructive power. Because of the dangerous effects of global warming‚ alternative energy sources need to be aggressively

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    Evaluation of Some Energy Drinks Mark Joseph A. Euste*‚ Grainor M. Palaroan‚ Amante T. Ama Camarines Sur National High School Engineering and Science Education Project Peñafrancia Ave.‚ Naga City *Corresponding Author: mrkjsphst@yahoo.com Abstract Energy drinks are beverages which contain chemical constituents that are said to improve physical and mental performance. Most of them primarily contain varying amounts of caffeine‚ guarana‚ ginseng and taurine. This study aims to provide a critical

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    Since the recession the United States economy faced in 2008 and 2009‚ the economy has been slowly recovering. Currently‚ the unemployment rate in the United States is 4.9%(“Unemployment Rate” ). The Federal Reserve predicts that by the end of 2017‚ the unemployment rate to decrease to 4.8 % (“Economic Outlook” ). Inflation is also decreasing and it is expected to continue to until 2017 ( “Economic Outlook”). As inflation decreases‚ the price level will fall and the purchasing power of consumers

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    The solar energy use in Africa These days‚ solar energy has been the most talkative alternative energy source in the world. Unlike the gas‚ oil‚ and coal‚ solar enrgy is one of the clean and renewable resource‚ which can not only generate power but also protect the environment. Africa‚ has second largest population‚ estimated 1.6 billion‚ however‚ around one third of it’s people still live in the condition with no eletricity. (Renewable energy in Africa

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    the need for an efficient and practical use of Earth’s resources has astronomically increased. Traditional manipulations of fossil fuels represent an arduous and taxing means for producing energy to power further innovation. Therefore‚ novel methods of energy production are requisite to future technological progress. Therefore‚ investments into sources of renewable energy have expanded yet have met with heated discussion. The United States is a major consumer of resources such as coal‚ oil‚ and

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