Who Killed the Electric Car? Take – Home Midterm Natalie Farrugia 6759091 Professor Larose SOC3116 D March 4‚2015 1. A relevant social group is a group of people who share the same set of meanings‚ or feelings‚ attached to a specific artifact. In this case‚ it is all groups of people who feel the same way about the electric car. There are many relevant social groups involved with the electric car. They include General Motors‚ the consumers/drivers/fans of the EV1‚ the California Air Resources
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Memorandum To: Whom It May Concern From: Yiying “Rachel” Cao Date: 3/6/2013 Subject: Analysis of who killed the electric car Background The problem In 1990s‚ California was threatened by smog problem‚ and black cloud appeared in the sky. Air pollution problem resulted in the development of lung cancer and associated diseases in people. The gasoline car was one of the main factors that released carbon dioxide to the atmosphere‚ which lead to global warming. Facing the risk of devastation
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What Hanson and Heath mean is that ultimately it was other classists who either refused to defend the singular importance of their field‚ or joined those who opposed the purpose of their field‚ hence the Ephialtes allusion. Putting your entire profession on trial might set you apart‚ but it surely won’t endear you with many of your colleagues. The most productive time of Hanson’s writing career followed his collaboration on Who Killed Homer‚ Hanson wrote that Classics professors needed to “teach more”
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“Who Killed the Electric Car? 2006 Documentary Written and directed by Chris Paine and produced by Jessie Deeter. 1. Summarize the content of this movie. Keep it to the space below‚ please. Electric car was around in 1960s. During the energy crisis in 1970s and 1980s electric cars started disappearing. In 1990s first electric car EV1 from a company named General Motors became popular in California simply because it was more environmental-friendly while it was affordable. A Zero-emissions
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medical examiner’s office‚ what arouses Jack’s curiosity is not so much that the body is missing its head‚ hands and feet – but also its liver. Aided by his colleague Dr Laurie Montgomery‚ he identifies the corpse as the missing mobster. But who actually killed Carlo Franconi? And was the killer also responsible for the theft of the corpse and its grisly disfigurement? Their search for the truth leads them to the steamy jungle of equatorial Africa‚ where they discover a sinister cabal whose activities
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Who killed Reconstruction? Isn’t that the big question. North or South‚ who do you side with. North with their neglect or south with their resistance against Reconstruction. What is Reconstruction? Reconstruction was the time period after the Civil War‚ 1876 to be exact‚ where the slaves are free and trying to get jobs‚ fix their lives‚ get control again; they even made governments with both white and blacks‚ schools for black kids. That dream die fast though. So who did kill the Reconstruction‚
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Who Killed the Maya This video series was very interesting to watch because I really had no real knowledge of this culture or what they were about. It is so hard to believe that one person who wanted so much power would have been the catalyst so many years later to have a people destroy themselves. One of the key points I felt this video shared would be that of hidden history. This group of people has so much history‚ a 2000 year old history chock full of so many details. Researchers have
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The shocking and tragic death of two young teens‚ both from families that hate each other. A Capulet and a Montague‚ both dead‚ and their families are grieving. But who is to blame? The young couples secret marriage‚ hidden from both of their families are wondering‚ who is to blame for their children’s death? What made these two young people do such a terrible thing to themselves‚ like committing suicide? Their deaths are surely related‚ but somebody must be blamed! To answer the question‚ three
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1. The seven suspects who may have contributed to the failure of GM’s EV1 program are: a. Customers (guilty) a.i. Consumers wanted a three hundred mile range and eighty-five mile per hour speed on their electric cars but this was not plausible when running off of a battery. a.ii. When customers compare cars they don’t care much about the environmental risks they only care about the price‚ the miles per gallon‚ and the mileage range. Customers had a difficult time seeing the difference between
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Who done it? In the North‚ the people believed that slavery should end and the nation should become united while in the south‚ whites believed in the institution of slavery and that states should have their own rights. After the North wins the Civil War‚ the nation must regroup and rebuild the South. Who killed Reconstruction? I think both the North and the South contributed in the death of Reconstruction because of: Corrupted government in the North and the Rebellion of the South. In the South
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