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Auto Accidents in Santa Monica California A Proposal for Addressing the Public Transportation Issue

5 pages and 3 sources. This paper relates the fact that there are problems in Santa Monica California relative to their transport...

Conrail Bought by CSX

their services. Across the industry, operating ratio "(defined as the ratio of operating expenses to operating revenues...)" (Mil...

Airline Industry Restructuring in Canada

of any law by a majority in Parliament. So, from this perspective, state power can be seen to be clearly located at the centre" (...

Pros and Cons of Transportation's 5 Modes

that as people attain an increased amount of affluence the more they choose to live in areas with a lower population density; ofte...

A History of Transportation in Iowa and Its Impact on Iowans

The railroad in the U.S. was something that had already begun and the first one was near Baltimore ("History of Iowa," 2007). Chic...

Developing a Plan for Layoffs and Early Retirement Offers

employee accessing the career counseling and development program components. Each group faces different obstacles in finding a new...

Environmental and Energy Tax Provisions

the fact that a "tax credit reduces tax dollar-for-dollar," while a deduction "only removes a percentage of the tax that is owed" ...

Wildlife and the Impact of Urbanization

addition, urbanization brings about the need for "linear land use" such as roads, power lines and trails, and the introduction of ...

Natural Environmental Impacts of Urbanization

The ways in which the natural environment was affected by the birth of cities are discussed in a paper of ten pages which includes...

Solar Energy Advantages and Fossil Fuels' Problems

In twenty pages this report discusses the problems associated with fossil fuels an argues that solar energy is a far more advantag...

California Energy Issues

In five pages the shortage of energy in California is evaluated in terms of whether or not it is a crisis or simply a challenge to...

Geothermal Energy Usage on a Wide Scale is Not Practical

and space heating are fed from geothermal sources (137). The California Geysers project is the worlds largest geothermal electric...

National Energy Efficiency Improvement Efforts

This paper examines how a nation can improve its energy efficiency through automobile usage reduction and the uses of alternative ...

Overview of Solar Energy

system that provides the power is modular in structure to allow for various size restrictions and is easily adaptable to fit chang...

Energy Sector and Market Regulation

for Dominion Virginia Powers profit," published in the Daily Press on September 7, 2003, it is noted that deregulation of the indu...

Overview of Home Energy Production Issue

could equal out. More importantly, though, the use of this type of equipment would have a marked impact on the overall dependence...

How to Decrease Foreign Energy Dependency of the U.S.

disruptions. If the flow of energy products into the United States is disrupted, it threatens the countrys economic and energy se...

Feasible Alternative Represented by Nuclear Energy

per cent below 1990 levels" (Environment Canada, 2002). The Kyoto Protocol was really in a state of limbo until October 22, 2004...

Enhancing Energy Efficiency in HVAC Systems

steam through a maze of pipes throughout the building. Boilers still are in use in many instances, but other approaches have beco...

Geothermal Energy

the footprint we leave on the world. Geothermal energy is made possible because of the heat differential that exists betwee...

Energy Concerns

to fossil fuels, yet many people consider fossil fuels a non-renewable resource. Although things die and become a part of the reso...

BOTSWANA: AN OVERVIEW

government (CIA World Factbook, 2008). Khama is a member of the BDP (Botswana Democratic Party) Central Committee, which is consid...

Conservation Trends and Energy Consumption

United States is embroiled in another Middle East conflict. The average consumer usually finds out about the problems with oil whe...

Corporate Social Responsibility and Energy Management

This 14 page paper is written in two parts. The first part examines the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR), defining...

Corporate Social Responsibility And Energy Management

which formed the core aspects of social responsibility today; these are the charity principle and stewardship principle (Frederick...

Energy LLC

equates to a sole proprietorship in terms of the liability responsibility of the partners, whereas an LLC provides all the benefit...

Renewable Energy - The Pressing Need

focus on developing more oil resources, or developing renewable energy sources? you must consider reasons both for and against you...

QUESTIONS ABOUT ENERGY AND FUEL SOURCES

be used when it comes to someone who is running a fever. The fever, itself, isnt the illness. Rather, the fever is the bodys expen...

VALERO, CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT SYSTEM INQUIRY AND HOW IT'S USED

good idea to understand the ethics by which the company operates. We can determine this through examining the companys ethics. ...

Cargo Shipping By Sea

is a need for well-trained port officials. The ports are overcrowded now causing delays and if growth is as predicted, it represen...