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    The Automotive Industry Nicklas Nill Victory Charter School February 9,2016 Automotive facts and history In 1895 there were only four cars officially registered in the U.S. Little more than 20 years later in 1916, 3,376,889 were registered! Because of the automotive industry 's major technological advances the automotive industry has been able to pull ahead of other industries over the years. This industry has also proven that to be successful in the business

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    Professional Engineering Development paper. The report proposes the construction of a liquid biofuel production plant in the Greater Wellington Region. It comprises of a background on biofuels and its production in New Zealand, the current market for fossil fuels and why the need for alternatives. It also contains the details of the production plant along with certain aspects that come along with the resource management. The report also covers the process of resolving issues with Maori and the Crown arising

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    centuries ago, humans have become increasingly reliant on fuel to power these engines. Our only method, historically, for obtaining this fuel is to probe the earth and oceans until crude oil is struck. Crude oil is termed a fossil fuel as it takes hundreds of millions of years to form. Crude oil is extracted from a geological reservoir and subsequently refined into the various fuels which we use at ever increasing rates (petroleum, diesel, aviation fuel etc). Unfortunately we are not finding new oil deposits

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    Current transportation is heavily dependent on fossil fuels such as oil, gas, and coal. Petroleum based fuels such as gasoline and diesel fuel, the most commonly used fossil fuels, are causing increasing global concern because petroleum is a finite resource. This means that as the amount of available petroleum decreases over time, the need for alternative fuels will increase. This is an important matter because it affects global energy security, food security, the environment, and economies. With

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    Corn Maize: A Case Study

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    I chose this commodity because it was easy to follow. I sometimes already do follow the corn market. We produce this commodity on our farm and the price will affect our profit or our financial stability. The economic factors that affects this are weather in other countries that produce a bunch of corn, or if there is a disease in the crop, and if some countries stop buying this commodity. If the President messes with the trade agreement with the other countries, it could mess with the price. If

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    fossil fuel, which is now becoming scarce (Royal Society, 2008). BP is one of the significant producers of Biofuel, which is producing biofuel from sugarcane in Brazil. However, the expansion of biofuel production has raised the concern about the negative environmental and social consequences related to sustainability. It depends on how biofuel development is designed. Brazil has lot of positive experiences in biofuel production, yet debate is still continuing on negative impacts of ethanol production

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    prevent this so Earth can last for future generations. The way that biofuels are being made is not very effective in helping this problem. This is because it either requires deforestation or the burning of fossil fuels, which the world is trying to stop. Instead of using corn or sugar cane as ethanol, alternative crops should be used

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    contains stored from the sun and plants absorbs the sun's energy in process is called photosynthesis. When the Biomass is burn the chemical energy it releases as heats. The percent of fuel of biomass contains about 5% for this time of year. Mostly researcher are trying to find more ways to contain more biomass fuel for years. For this year wood has the largest amount of biomass energy resources stored today but some other natural resources can be stored as well. And also biomass has the potential

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    3.1.3 More advantages of Thailand According to our research, we think that Thailand can provide a huge clean energy market for our company mainly from four aspects: 1)Relations between Thailand and Philippines: The bilateral relations between Thailand and Philippines will continue to be strengthened through talks and agreements on economic, trades and security. (The Philstar, 2012). Johanna (2012) reported that the previous JCBC had led to an agreement between Thailand and Philippines’ governments

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    The University of Massachusetts Boston prides itself on its accomplishments when it comes to sustainability. The school is built on a landfill site and sustainability has been integrated as a guiding principle in the development of the university (1). Green design has been integrated into the development of the university’s campus center building as well as the new buildings being constructed and renovations being done following the master plan. UMBe Green is the university’s sustainability program

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