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Corporate Social Responsibility Ford Motor Company
1,728 words
Social responsibility is the concept that business
is part of the larger society in which it exists
and must therefore act in a way that not only
advances the firm, but also serves the society.
More than ever firms are being challenged to
integrate social responsibilities in to their
operations. Many firms now believe that social
responsibility to be a lot more than granting
money to community groups or volunteering their
time to organizations - although these are both
important ways that firms ...
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Cents K Wh Fossil Fuels Water
578 words
Many differing opinions exist on what needs to be
done about our current status of conserving energy
and conserving our environment. With increased gas
prices and energy costs, consumers are more aware
of what benefits are available and the methods of
obtaining them. The introduction of hydropower has
been a major step for some, while a stumbling back
for others. Advocates for hydropower have provided
much information about the many benefits that we
reap from using hydroelectric dams. Environmen...
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Tennessee Valley Tennessee River
722 words
In 1933, Congress created the Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) as a federal corporation. TVA was
perhaps the most original and broad reaching
program to come from FDR's 'New Deal' to put
America back on its feet. The TVA was created to
improve and develop the Tennessee River Basin
which reached across 7 states in the South '... an
act to improve the navigability and to provide for
the flood control of the Tennessee River; to
provide for reforestation and the proper use of
marginal lands in the T...
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Positive And Negative Benjamin Franklin
1,324 words
As Americans approach the era of a new millennium,
they must realize the ever-changing progress of
technology in our world. Developments come as fast
as time passes, and with each new one, the old one
becomes obsolete. Scientists and engineers have
made a worldwide impact on how civilization lives,
works and plays, and the technology continues to
grow through continual research and
experimentation. This trend is destined to
continue... as time has yet to stop. Well done is
better than well said,...
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Lead Acid Battery Daimler Chrysler
1,481 words
Environmental demand for cleaner air has put a
heavy burden on the automobile, much improved by
stringent exhaust stands but still a significant
source of pollution. High cost, technological
obstacles and the resistance of the public to
abandon gasoline have deterred the discovery of
new cleaner alternative fuels to help 5 the
environment. Electric Vehicles are the cleanest
burning of the alternative fuel vehicles now
available. They are an efficient way to utilize
fossil fuels (oil and natural ...
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Deregulation Of Electric Utilities
1,682 words
Have you ever tried to get your utilities turned
on for a new house or apartment? You call the
electric company to make an appointment. Their
response is to tell you well be right out to turn
your power on, right? No, thats not how it
happens. Usually the soonest appointment you can
get is about two weeks from the day you call. When
you try to get a time that they will be there, you
hear Its an all day appointment. This means you
have to miss a day of work and sit around a house,
without power, ...
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Hydrogen Peroxide Wastewater Treatment
965 words
There are many reasons why we need to treat our
water, and there are also many different ways we
can treat our water. Water is very important to
our survival. Regulations are set so that our
water is healthy for us to drink. Without those
regulations there could be things in our water to
cause us to be sick. Some problems in parts of the
country are heavy metals. One of the best ways to
see if you have heavy metals in your water is to
have a lab test your water. Turbidity can also be
a problem. ...
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Declaration Of Independence One Of The Worlds
1,417 words
Few men have done as much for the world as
Benjamin Franklin. He had many talents that he
used to help the world. He was a diplomat, a
scientist, an inventor, a philosopher, an
educator, and a public servant. During his life,
Benjamin Franklin did many things such as
statesmanship, book-printing, and inventing and
discovering many important things. He invented an
efficient heating stove and proved that lightning
is electricity. All of his great achievements have
helped to make him one of the wor...
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Air Conditioning Alternative Energy
719 words
What does it cost to turn on a light switch, run
the TV all day, or take a long hot shower? How
many hours a day, week, or year do we have to work
just to pay for the gas in our cars, air
conditioning and heating in our homes, or storage
of old leftover food in our refrigerators? How
early could a person retire if he never had to pay
an electric bill his entire life? How many people
would not be impoverished if they could forgo the
monthly electric bill debt? Free energy, an
untapped resource, m...
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Fossil Fuels Solar Panels
1,681 words
Should Permission be Given for a Wind Farm at
Gunson Height? Hills rolling across the
countryside, lush green fields for miles, dozens
of walk paths to appreciate the beautiful scenery,
used by families for picnics and days out, as well
as hikers wanting a view worth walking miles to.
Or a piece of rugged, unspectacular England that
is just like seven thousand other walks in the
country? Dozens of 30 M tall hideous steel
contraptions, cutting blades slicing through the
air and making the noise e...
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Spawning Grounds Moving Water Hydropower
397 words
Renewable Energy (Hydropower) The first time
hydropower was used was in 1880 to generate 16
lamps at a wolverine chair factory in Grand Rapids
Michigan. In the United States, hydroelectric
plants opened near Appleton, Wisconsin on the Fox
River on September 30, 1882. At that time, the
only fuel used to make electricity was coal
because of its abundance and low cost. People knew
about hydroelectric power but the only places you
could do that is by a water source. Hydropower
became more popular wh...
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Columbia River River Basin
2,078 words
Ethical Solution How can the Judeo-Christian
Economic principles be related to business
organization? Lets explore the ethical dilemma
related to the economy of the environment. The
building organization Builders and Co plans to
construct the dam on the Columbia River Basin. Big
dam building development projects have already
arrived in our country. The Big Dam planned to be
constructed by Builders and Co is a
governmental-qualified project, with commercial
coloring. This initiative has its purpo...
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Fire Preventing In A Power Station
1,337 words
Fire Preventing in a Power Station Power stations
are among the most significant features of todays
economy and lives of people. This is because most
activities that go on today in public and in
organizations depend on power supplies and if the
supplies are stopped or in shortage some vital
tasks may not be performed and as a consequence
major losses and disasters may occur. There are
various kinds of power stations such as coal fire
power stations, nuclear power stations, hydro
power stations a...
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Three Mile Island Coal And Oil
1,214 words
Entering the twenty-first century, six billion
people inhabit the earth. A number that is
expected to double in a hundred and twenty years,
yet only 4 % of that world population lives in the
Untied States. Even though the Untied States is
only 4 % of the population of the world, it still
uses 25 % of the world? s resources. This
statistic is most important with the argument of
food consumption, with so many countries starving,
but it also means that the United States uses 25 %
of the world? s en...
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Thomas Alva Edison Fiber Optic
2,291 words
Have you wondered why streetlights are yellow, or
why the year 2000 cars have brighter headlights
and they are a different color? Have you ever
wondered how the indiglo light on your watch
works, or why it glows green and not white? And
did you know that same indiglo light can be used
while frozen, dipped in water, bent in half,
stepped on, or in hazardous environments. Lighting
has changed over the last few years; there are
advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of
lighting. Lighting h...
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Good Or Service Research And Development
2,223 words
Contemporary Microeconomic Management Objectives
of Government Microeconomic Policy In this
subtopic the rationale for government involvement
in setting microeconomic policy is examined. The
interaction between microeconomic performance and
Australias economic performance in global terms is
reviewed and the concepts of economic efficiency
are revisited. Since the early 1980 s, Government
microeconomic policy has been directed towards
establishing an environment or a framework within
the economy,...
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First Person Point Person Point Of View
952 words
Many times, the sensuality of life is lost because
of technology. It seems that as a result of
technology, life is seen differently through human
eyes. Many times visions of life and its beauties
are altered by technology and a shadow is placed
upon all things through this vision. Often times,
the only way to escape these views is to be
without technology and its influences. The speaker
in Raymond Carvers poem, The Window, becomes aware
of this fact when he is without electricity and
realizes fo...
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Renewable Energy Sources Fossil Fuels
2,607 words
Energy is one of the most fundamental parts of our
universe. We use energy to do work. Energy lights
our cities. Energy powers our vehicles, trains,
planes and rockets. Energy warms our homes, cooks
our food, plays our music, gives us pictures on
television. Energy powers machinery in factories.
Energy is defined as the ability to do work. When
we eat, our bodies transform the food into energy
to do work. When we run or walk, we burn food
energy in our bodies. When we think or read or
write, we ...
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Lead Acid Battery Positive And Negative
1,037 words
Batteries and Their Importance- We use batteries
everyday, we use them to start our cars and to
listen to our Walkmans. I have a few questions:
How do batteries work? What are the different
kinds of batteries? Why do they die? Why do they
lose energy when they are not used for a long
time? Well I tried my best to find the best
answers for these questions and a little more.
Battery, also called an electric cell, is a device
that converts chemical energy into electricity.
All batteries contain an ...
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Acid Rain Sulfur Dioxide
609 words
Acid RainA Contemporary World Problem Acid rain is
one of the most dangerous and widespread forms of
pollution. Sometimes called the unseen plague,
acid rain can go undetected in an area for years.
Technically, acid rain is rain that has a larger
amount of acid in it than what is normal. The
acidity of rain in parts of Europe and North
America has dramatically increased over the past
few decades. It is now common in many places for
rain to be ten to seventy times more acid than
unpolluted rain. ...
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