... employees and to people who didn't have email addresses. We then manually entered the response from the sheets. In total we received about 180 responses. Questionnaire Calculations Car: Average time spent it the time Time Entered (Hours0 Average Time spent in mode of transport Less than 1 0.8 hours 1-2 1.5 hours 2-3 2.5 Hours 3-4 ... 3.5 Hours More than 4 4.5 Hours Fuel per Kilometre per type of car: Type of Car (Size) Fuel Consumption (L/Km) Small 0.053 Medium 0.094 Large 0.118 Fuel Type vs Kg Emission Type of Fuel CO2 Emissions Per L (Kg) Petrol 2.16 ... output per month (Kg): (CO2 ...

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... into the atmosphere. Using public transportation, walking or biking to school or work, or if you must drive, join a carpool and use a car that gets high mileage are suggested to lower carbon dioxide levels. The EDS also recommends using energy-efficient appliances in your house, weatherizing your ... oil and gasoline, and that we should still limit the burning of even natural gases. It is also suggested that the government should create car-less cities, where citizens can only walk, ride bikes or use public transportation to get around inside the city. Yet another suggestion is ... an af...

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... waste disposal" (What Can Be Done?"). But if nuclear power plants are too scary, maybe fuel cells will be safer to use. Fuel cells car not common, but some cars are starting to use fuel cells instead of burning gasoline. "Fuel cells generate electricity by splitting hydrogen atoms into electrons and ... that runs the vehicle's electric motor. Unused protons mix with oxygen, creating water vapor, so the exhaust from a fuel cell powered car is mostly water vapor. Fuel cells rely on a steady diet of hydrogen-rich material such as ethanol, methanol and liquid hydrogen. They generate enough ...

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... universe, and is relatively easy to obtain. The burning of hydrogen with oxygen will produce no pollutants. The only exhaust is water. In 2002, Toyota released the first hydrogen powered car. The hydrogen is stored under high pressure in vessels made of carbon fiber composites, and then is slowly released into a tank where the pressure is very low. This hydrogen is ... then moved into the fuel cell, where it is reacted with oxygen. It is the energy created in this reaction that powers the car. This technology is very efficient and produces no pollutants. Although this is a very efficien...

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... there is one way we can conserve Petroleum. I think that we should focus on building more of cars such as gasoline-electric Hybrids. The gasoline-electric hybrid car is just a cross between a gasoline-powered car and an electric car. This type of cars will save a lot of Petroleum and also not put pollution in the air. I believe that it would be better if ... ...

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Ethanol has numerous advantages that increase its potential as an alternative car fuel. Probably the most important advantage of ethanol is that is can be created through the fermentation of starch or sugars present in ... In the 90's Canada initiated a five-year $12 million proposal to encourage the production and use of ethanol as a fuel. The use of ethanol as a car fuel is still a developing process in Australia. The Australian public's confidence in ethanol has been blighted by the failure of the government to properly regulate its use, evident ... production and confidence grow, so too...

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... into the atmosphere. Using public transportation, walking or biking to school or work, or if you must drive, join a carpool and use a car that gets high mileage are suggested to lower carbon dioxide levels. The EDS also recommends using energy-efficient appliances in your house, weatherizing your ... oil and gasoline, and that we should still limit the burning of even natural gases. It is also suggested that the government should create car-less cities, where citizens can only walk, ride bikes or use public transportation to get around inside the city. Yet another suggestion is ... an af...

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... into the atmosphere. Using public transportation, walking or biking to school or work, or if you must drive, join a carpool and use a car that gets high mileage are suggested to lower carbon dioxide levels. The EDS also recommends using energy-efficient appliances in your house, weatherizing your ... oil and gasoline, and that we should still limit the burning of even natural gases. It is also suggested that the government should create car-less cities, where citizens can only walk, ride bikes or use public transportation to get around inside the city. Yet another suggestion is ... an af...

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... into the atmosphere. Using public transportation, walking or biking to school or work, or if you must drive, join a carpool and use a car that gets high mileage are suggested to lower carbon dioxide levels. The EDS also recommends using energy-efficient appliances in your house, weatherizing your ... oil and gasoline, and that we should still limit the burning of even natural gases. It is also suggested that the government should create car-less cities, where citizens can only walk, ride bikes or use public transportation to get around inside the city. Yet another suggestion is ... an af...

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... ways Capitalism has been harmful is that it promotes an unhealthy materialism. (See paper on Materialism) Materialism creates a larger interest in material possesions and comfort than in spiritual values. This car commercial (above) exhibits how shallow Americans have become. 50 years ago, cars were a means of transportation not impressions. But since technology introduced faster, sportier and advanced cars, automobile companies have ... to keep advancing too. So they play on our emotions and try to sell us a car that we think will make us look good as we drive through the mountains of ...

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... the budget line by line and gave their suggestions. Corporations on the Dole? The Bush administration has proposed to spend $1.5 billion over a five-year period to develop the hydrogen-powered car. The Clinton administration before that spent more than $1 billion to create hybrid (gas and electric) cars. But companies like Honda and Toyota have brought the cars to the market even ... 10 years. In 1997, the General Accounting Office gave $7.1 billion in subsidies to Ethanol agribusinesses. And the $710 million budget for research into the hydrogen fuel cells for the "freedom car" which r...

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Problem Statement The new car on the market is a hybrid one. Hybrid cars are powered not only by conventional fuel, fossil fuel, but also by electricity which it generates during everyday driving. These cars are ... have left, and how long until it's gone? Assumptions Hydrogen fuel cells have been the topic of big auto corporations for some time now. Many of them advocate the hybrid car as being the answer to the diminishing fossil fuels. However, they are a temporary solution to the main problem of using no fossil fuels. Most of the criticism about hydrogen fuel ... ...

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... that you will receive comes from that one small candle you are forced to use. You have wasted half your morning looking for light that you must rush to your car. As you begin to drive you realize, "almost empty, better refuel" but the local gas stations display signs that say NO GAS- CLOSED PERMANENTLY. You must abandon your ... car on the side of the street. It is useless to you now. So you begin to walk to your work which takes you one hour to do. You have now ... ...

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... communities and lifestyles, the blame lies mainly with two specific phenomena, American's love affair with the automobile, and the "American Dream" of owning a home and land outside of the city. A car-dependent lifestyle introduces numerous problems and exacerbates the dilemma of exurb migration. With so many cars on the road, they become congested, leading to the need for new, longer, and ... way we are going to be able to move away from unsustainable practices and behavior is through education, inclusion, planning, and regulation. By educating Americans about the effects of the car-de...

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... economy based on fossil fuels to an alternative one is not going to be an easy one. Before cars using hydrogen fuel cells becomes available to the general populace, the car companies need to increase production which in turn will longer cost. The government needs to also encourage purchases with tax benefits on purchasing a H.F.C.V. They need to prove themselves in reliability ... 's need to be invented. Pros and Cons I believe the hydrogen fuel cell automobile is the future of the industry. There still is technological advances needed and financial backing by the car industry, energy pr...

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... garbage is being disposed into the rivers and ocean which pollutes the water and kills the aquatic water forms. The increase in population leads to increase in more factories and car use which causes the more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is also known as "Greenhouse Gas." The Greenhouse Gases trap the heat in the atmosphere which leads to ... ...

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... from rising further we must increase our use of renewable energy and become more energy efficient here are some possible solutions. Solutions Local Always recycle your rubbish. Only use the car if you have to. Switch the TV off if your not watching it. Switch off all electronics. National Disposes of rubbish properly by recycling. Raise the petrol taxes. Renewable energy ... ...

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... the road has led to increased traffic on ours roads, and as a result, an increase in wasted energy. When sitting in traffic, the engine is still running even though the car is not moving, producing energy that is not used but simply released in the environment. The cold, frigid winters of Canada mean that households must turn up their heaters in ... ...

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... , and turning off unneeded lights help conserve energy. Improved building construction, better insulation, could save up to half the energy used for heating and cooling. Travel by bus, train, or car pool reduces energy consumption. The recycling of paper and of aluminum, glass, and plastic containers reduces the amount of energy used in manufacturing new products. ...

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... stabilize the level of these gases in the atmosphere. To do this, industrialized countries need to agree on rapid reductions in emissions. Among other steps, this means shifting from private car use to public transportation, energy conservation, and a shift to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. In the developing countries, vastly increased resources are needed to promote renewable energy ... ...

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... electrical to heat and light. For example you desk lamp changes the electrical energy you give it to heat and light. You could also change chemical energy to kinetic in a car. Wave, tidal, hydroelectric, biomass, solar and wind are all renewable sources of energy. Wave energy is using fixed and floating devices to take the energy from the waves and turn ... ...

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... green growth. I will apply it more sparingly if at all in the future. To help with carbon and nitrogen being put into the atmosphere, I can drive less, get a fuel efficient car, and make sure the windows are covered in both winter and summer. This will reduce the amount of oil I need to keep my house. I will also use more fans instead ... ...

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... green growth. I will apply it more sparingly if at all in the future. To help with carbon and nitrogen being put into the atmosphere, I can drive less, get a fuel efficient car, and make sure the windows are covered in both winter and summer. This will reduce the amount of oil I need to keep my house. I will also use more fans instead ... ...

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