LSEC 1103 Reflection #2

The LSC 1003 course helped me to improve my writing skills throw the essays and the paragraphs that we had to write, because practicing is the best way to learn. The skills that this course developed are very important, because in the near future I’ll have to do researches and lots of writings to graduate and it will be very helpful if I decided to do masters. These skills are also important for my future success because as an engineer I’ll have to compete with other engineers to do our company projects, so if I want to be successful I need a good writing skills to convince the managers of my project proposal. In order to improve my writing I need not only to read, and write more. What I need is to read, write, and think more critically. The most enjoyable thing that I learned is how to get the references of my resources, because before taking this course I used to think that this it’s a very hard thing to do, but after taking this course I realized how easy to do so.

Essay draft#2

Material process

 

Introduction

The story of stuff explains about the diversity and environment in 5 steps. We learned the countries depend on the economy and consumption of the individual and the community, but there the company has superior power than government so they have authority on the economy. But the environment is exposed to side effects which put them in a grave danger after using resources and increasing the proportion of pollution.

 

 

Extraction

The first step is called extraction. Resources exploitation is important for us to survive, but nowadays the natural resources are being over used. That increase in the natural resources exploitation is threating the humans live in the long run. According to the video one third of the planet has been extracted in the past three decade. There are many reasons that make the resources under pressure. Some of those reasons are the incredible increase in technologies that could be used for extraction the materials, For example in the past if someone tried to cut a tree by using saw that would take minutes and some cases hours, but now with the new machines cutting a tree would only take few seconds. The second possible reason is the high increasing ratio in population.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Production

The second part of the stuff story is the production. According to the American Heritage Dictionary production is “The creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services“. In this phase the resources that have been extracted is turned to new stuff by using chemicals, machines and lots of energy so they can use these new stuff in producing more complex materials such as mobile phones, cars and furniture. During the production many toxic chemicals are used and produced, so that toxic chemicals are included in some of the stuff that we have in work and home even in air that we breathe. In fact if that is the case that means we are been effected by those toxics all the time.

 

 

Distribution

The third step is Distribution. Distribution is defined by the process of marketing and supplying produced materials. Distribution is the phase of movement where all goods move from the production source to the markets and then to the customers. It also referred to the movement of payment from the customer to the market to the source of the productions. This phase happen throw channels they are called the distribution channels. They are sets of interdependent organizations involved in making the product available for consumption. Those interdependent organizations work as a third party to supply the goods to the customers.

 

 

 

Consumption

The fourth step is consumption. Consumption is one of the major concepts in economics. It is the process where the goods are being used up or transferred to something new. The consumption of goods is the amount of them that has been used during a time period. So consumption is when the customer uses the goods and services that have an exchangeable value which was distributed by the Production source to the markets.

Disposal

The fifth step is disposal. Disposal is the final phase of the stuff story that happens after the good has been consumed by the costumers. After disposal the waste that is lifted either being dropped or burned which cause pollution in air, water and land. Which cause health problems as well as it’s a major cause of the global warming that threats the life as we know it. Because of the toxic chemicals that were included in manufacturing these materials, when it’s burned it may produce some toxic gasses that is moved to the air then to our lungs."The average American discards 4.43 pounds of garbage everyday (EPA Facts and Figures)".

Consumption in the UAE

Furthermore, here in the UAE people have high standards of living and so they tend to spend a lot of money without having second thoughts about the outcome which leads to negative consequences to our planet, for example, people here have more than one car and its most likely to be a big SUV truck which isn’t fuel efficient and also wasting energy sources like keeping the light turned on in the house in rooms that are not being used. Another example is buying a lot of products that don’t get used properly like buying a new phone every time new phone is being sold out. These factors harm our economy although we don’t get affected by it instantly in the UAE but it will hit us hard, all these natural resources are being used until it's all depleted, then we will only feel sorry.

Conclusion

Ultimately, from the information I gathered from the video 'story of stuff' and other sources from the internet I conclude that we the people living on this planet must take care of this planet because it’s the only one we have. Energy sources are starting to finish and more and more waste is being produced everyday around the world that the earth will not be able to take care of itself from all these toxic materials produced. Businesses only care about the profits and not always about the consequences of destroying nature, governments are trying to limit this but we still see negative effects from us on earth.

 

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References

American Heritage Dictionary Entry: Production. (n.d.). American Heritage Dictionary - Search. Retrieved May 27, 2013, from http://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=Production

Consumption | Define Consumption at Dictionary.com. (n.d.). Dictionary.com - Free Online English Dictionary. Retrieved May 27, 2013, from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/consumption?s=t

Facts about Trash, Garbage, Waste. (n.d.). Solid Waste Management, America's Solid Waste Industry - Environmentalists Everyday - Green Waste Disposal, Landfills, Green Energy. Retrieved May 27, 2013, from http://www.environmentalistseveryday.org/solid-waste-management/garbage-trash-waste-facts.php

Leonard, A. (n.d.).  The Story of Stuff Project.  The Story of Stuff Project. Retrieved May 27, 2013, from http://www.storyofstuff.org/

States, i. p., & Privacy, p. i. (2005, August 24). What is distribution? - Definition from WhatIs.com. Enterprise Linux information, news and tips - SearchEnterpriseLinux.com. Retrieved May 27, 2013, from http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/definition/distribution

Story of Stuff, Full Version; How Things Work, About Stuff - YouTube. (2008, July 12). YouTube. Retrieved May 27, 2013, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLBE5QAYXp8

country. (2013, May 24). Waste - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved May 27, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste

email. (2010, April 7). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved May 27, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org

 

 

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Essay draft #1 Hybirdcars

Essay draft #1                                       Hybirdcars

 

My topic is about the hybrid cars. That means the cars that works with the renewable energy along with the normal engine, so that means it’s moved by two or more distinct power sources. Usually electricity is used so the refer to it as a hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), which is combined of an internal combustion engine with one or more electric motors. There are many sources that can be used in the hybrid car such as Electricity, Electromagnetic fields, Radio waves, Compressed or liquefied natural gas, Human powered e.g. pedaling or rowing, Hydrogen, Solar and wind. The first plan of making a hybrid car was between 1665 and 1680 by Flemish Jesuit and astronomer Ferdinand when they created plans for a miniature four-wheel unmanned In making a train without a driver on the orders of the Chinese Emperor,  when he was under his command. The first hybrid was built by Frenchman Nicholas in 1769 when he built a steam-powered motor that was able to go 6 miles per hour. In 1825 the British inventor Goldsworthy Gurney was able to build a steam car that successfully completed 85 miles in ten hours.

 

In the early stage the steam power motors dominated until late 19^th century. The first electrical car was built by Robert Anderson in Scotland. “In 1898 Dr. Frednadz Porsche making the first in the world which was electrically operated wheelchairs property, and then making a hybrid car which had been working internal combustione” ( Hybrid / Electric Vehicle Statistics | Statistic Brain, 2013). His second car was a hybrid, using an internal combustion engine to spin a generator that provided power to electric motors. It was able to cross about 40 miles using the battery alone. In 1990 the American car companies made, 1575 electric, 1681 steam and 936 gasoline cars (Hybrid vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 2008). There many reason to develop the hybrid cars but the most important one is that the hybrid cars are green and electricity doesn’t coast as the petrol coast.

 

Now a day’s many developments are being made for the hybrid cars. And most of the motors companies are competing in who is going to make the best hybrid car in the world which is really a very important for everyone on the planet. As the environmental problems increase new tech that’s environmental friendly and as the numbers of cars in the world increase their threat to the environment increase if we keep on using petrol. So at some point in the future the hole world will have to use hybrid cars is the still want to survive. Because as we all know that the smoke coming for our cars affect the global warming which in turn increase the heat and melt the ice on the planet.

 

In conclusion I want to say that the hybrid cars are very important and interesting thing that we all need to care about specially us in the UAE, and in the GCC in general because we don’t like to use public transportation and everyone wants to have his own car. As about 4,500,000 hybrid car have been sold in the world I think the people starts to realize how important it is, as I hope that number increase in the future, Chandran, Kailas. "Hybrid Car." (Web. 22 Apr. 2013.).

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Best Hybrid Cars Rankings | U.S. News Best Cars. (n.d.). Best Car, Truck and SUV rankings and reviews from U.S. News | U.S. News Best Cars. Retrieved April 22, 2013, from http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/rankings/Hybrid-Cars/

Chandran, K. (n.d.). Hybrid Car. Upload & Share PowerPoint presentations and documents. Retrieved April 22, 2013, from http://www.slideshare.net/kailassreechandran/hybrid-car

  Hybrid / Electric Vehicle Statistics | Statistic Brain. (2013, February 18). Statistic Brain | Numbers Percentages  Financials Rankings | Statistic Brain. Retrieved April 22, 2013, from http://www.statisticbrain.com/hybrid-electric-vehicle-statistics/

Hybrid Cars. (n.d.). Eartheasy.com ~ Solutions for Sustainable Living. Retrieved April 22, 2013, from http://eartheasy.com/move_hybrid_cars.html

Hybrid Cars. (2013, February 26). Eartheasy.com ~ Solutions for Sustainable Living. Retrieved April 22, 2013, from http://eartheasy.com/move_hybrid_cars.html

Hybrid Cars Advantages and Disadvantages. (n.d.). http://www.articlesbase.com. Retrieved April 22, 2013, from http://www.articlesbase.com/cars-articles/hybrid-cars-advantages-and-disadvantages-397138.html

Hybrid vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (2008, April 22). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved April 22, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_vehicle

McNaughton, D. (2010, March 1). Porsche reveals next-gen Cayenne ; New hybird gets supercharged V6. Porsche reveals next-gen Cayenne ; New hybird gets supercharged V6. Retrieved April 29, 2013, from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.hct.ac.ae/science/docview/459080576/13DBA390BEE51D1DC7C/1?accountid=1215

Nerad, J. R. (2007). The complete idiot's guide to hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles. New York, N.Y.: Alpha Books.

 

 

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Summary#2

Houbara bustards

In North African the birds are endangered. There was a dramatic increase of birds in 1995 as the author said “ Between opening in 1995 and last year, the Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation has produced more than 60,000 of the birds” The Abu Dhabi government created program protect Hobart. The Centre in Morocco has plans to increase production from 12000 to 15000 per season. Train hubris to be familiar with humans.Hunting season in autumn, can’t release the birds. One year after release 65 per cent of the birds survive, “the success of the program can be measured thought their density in the wild. All number increased, so the program is working.

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References

Todorova, V. (2012, March 5). Houbara bustards released into the wild in Abu Dhabi - The National. Latest and breaking news | thenational.ae - The National. Retrieved March 13, 2013, from http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/environment/houbara-bustards-released-into-the-wild-in-abu-dhabi

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Reflection

 

I didn’t enjoy the course as much as I expected, but It was very helpful to me since I was graduated from a public high school that didn’t focus in the English language as the other subjects. And as a student in the HCT I need to have a very strong English language. That’s why I think this course is one of the most important courses. During this course I learned many things, but the most important things to me are that I became able to summarize articles and do referencing. The most enjoyable and easiest part of the course was getting the references and the hardest part which wasn’t so hard is all the writing that we had to do. The lessons were very helpful to me because they helped me to improve my writing skills. I think that I’ll have to use everything that I learned during this course in the future and not only during my study time in the HTC, but also after I graduate and become an employer. If I was teaching this course, I would give the students more writing to do. It’s not going to be fun, but during this course I figured out that this is the best way to improve someone’s writing. I would love to take such courses in the future. In fact, I heard my friends that study at the Petroleum Institute once talking about a critical writing course that they have there. I would love to have such course here in the HCT.

 

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Summary #1

 

There is a splendid future for the robot in the world. The capital of UAE Abu Dhabi will pilot the robot in an exhibition this year to guide the visitors to this technology and show him the possibilities of robots. PAL company has spent more than Dh189.6m in 3 year to develop the robot because they think the robot can do many jobs. Experts believe in 2016 as much as 85% of global robot sales will come from service robots, but there is still time before robots enter most homes. The robot is expensive so maybe it will take 10 years to be popular.

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"Robot waiter arrives in Abu Dhabi - The National." Latest and breaking news | thenational.ae - The National. N.p Web. 6 Mar. 2013. <http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/robot-waiter-arrives-in-abu-dhabi>.

 

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