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Alternative Automobiles

electricity for power, but because it uses gas as well, it is able to make the long trips (Wouk, Retseck & Johnson, 1997). Of cour...

Debate on Reduction of Fossil Fuels

2005). -- Noncompliant companies would be fined (Skinner, 2005). --The aim of one program would be to create cars that could use ...

Film as Nightmare '28 Days Later'

course, 28 days later, when a bicycle courier named Jim (Cillian Murphy) awakens from a coma and finds himself in an abandoned hos...

Fuel Cells as an Alternate Energy Source

terms of our energy choices we should look not just to one energy source but rather towards a carefully selected group of renewabl...

Anti Semitism Throughout U.S. History

likely that the Holocaust would have been even more horrendous than it was. Many, however, have the tendency to point to America ...

Robert Herrick's 'Julia's Petticoat'

there, pleasd with transgression evrywhere." This is hardly the action a petticoat could manage were Julia demurely seated at a t...

Fuel Cells as an Energy Alternative

subsidies for driving (Martin, 1996). Of the total, air pollution demands $66 billion, land use $65 billion, and noise pollution ...

California's Fuel Crisis

In eleven pages this paper examines the national fuel crisis with the emphasis upon California residents and the state's economy. ...

Uses and Abuses of Fossil Fuels

clay, silt, and mud. Eventually, with the exception of the peat, everything turned to rock and the sheer weight of the mass on to...

Paint Caused the Hindenburg Disaster

to the belief that it was hydrogen that caused the flames and also because the United States and Germany were at a very tense posi...

An Overview of Fuel Pricing Factors

moves" (Khaleej Times Online, 2004). In the case of the United States, the nation relies on oil remaining stable in order to suppo...

Case Study of TAE Fuel Company

visibility of the brand also may not always be a good move, the context in which this is seen will also be important in the format...

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and the Effects of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

portrayal of some shocking events of the thirties" (French 43). Its various conflicts consider the downside of American capitalis...

Variations in Fuel Dispensers Among Gilbarco, Wayne, and Schlumberger

over a dozen different models available, some made specifically for the Asian and African markets. In order to make a reasonable ...

The Addition of Alternative Fuel Cars to Lotus Rental Cars

fuels for onsite fueling, the company has no control over what customers choose to place into fuel tanks. Biofuels are not availa...

Southwest Airlines' Economic Indicators

worldwide as passengers expressed fear of flying as never before. Southwest suffered less than most in the short term. Alw...

Juvenile Delinquency and Drug Use

riotous behavior inasmuch as students contend their rights are being violated by the limitation. The issue at hand, points ...

Baseball Being Ruined by Steroids

national pastime" (Small, 2005, 6). National pastime or not, however, baseball is no less susceptible...

Energy At The Crossroads by Vaclav Smil

of coal, gas, renewable energy sources and nuclear power. By contrast, however, one who is aware of the damaging impact these res...

General Electric TF34, CF34, and Canadair CRJ Regional Jet Engine

In one page an outline that examines the Canadair Regional Jet's GE TF34 and its commercial CF34 engine in terms of its being quie...

Mass Media's Influence on Public Opinion

as "the exceptional event," which makes "coups and catastrophes" newsworthy (Alleyne 3). However, there is also considerably discr...

Cost Factors in the Construction Industry

box" home stores continue to affect building materials; and employment reached a record high (First Quarterly Cost Report 2006, 20...

Europe's Colonization Efforts

fulfilled during the period between 1763 and 1848, however, illustrates how brute force and religious/political intervention was e...

Is There a Relationship between the Profitability Levels of Airlines and the Practice of Fuel Hedging?

vary, Morrell and Swann (2006) estimates fuel accounts for 15% of an airlines costs, noting it is not only a major cost, but also ...

Oil Prices and Airline Budgets

of hedging and how the airline will fare will depend partly on the type of instrument they use (Flottau & Wall, 2008). This is a g...

Is There a Correlation between the Profitability and Practice of Hedging in Airlines?

of market conditions at the times airlines do not need to utilize fuel. Brooks and Carter et al. (2006) observed that hedging pra...

Theory of Constraints (ToC)and Use to Assess the Value of Hedging

The theory of constraints is examined as a suitable theory to be used in an assessment of the value of airline fuel hedging and t...

The Results of an Investigation into the Impact on Hedging on Airline Profit

reviewing some of the important issues in the literature which have guiding the way that the data was collected and analyzed. Foll...

An Environmental Literacy Walk for the Preschooler

Young children know very little of their world. They have, after all, only been exposed to a limited...

Fuel Hedging and Profit

airline operating costs. Increasing costs can have a significant impact on the profitability of a firm; this has been particula...