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Essay Instructions: Identify a US event (gas crisis, government regulation, 911) and explain the Energy, Environmental and/or Security factors that have had an impact on US Transportation.

Must define the subject, review key points, provide findings and submit comments. I will submit the comments part. I would like to discuss the 1979 Energy Crisis.

Essay Instructions: Please answer each section individually with inline citation and list references


1.The Energy Crisis
Given the current state of energy use, which continues to grow exponentially in such countries as China and India, what measures can the United States and other Western countries take to produce more fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly fuels? What other sources of energy could be developed to solve the energy crisis? What can the individual do to alleviate this crisis?

2.Globalization and the Threat to the Environment
Before we decide what to do about the environment globally, let?s see what we can do locally. What environmental problems are you aware of in the area where you live? What solutions, from among those proposed by the authors of the essays, do you think would be the most appropriate to solve these problems?

3.Case Study: Buxton Hall
Read the Buxton Hall case study. At the end of this case, we actually have good news! The project was completed on time and all involved seemed to be happy. Answer the two questions at the end of the case, supporting your answers with the facts of the case.

4. Case Study: A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life case study. This case is worth revisiting after studying project management for the last session. Has your opinion of Rachel's work changed since the first time you read the case. If so, how? If not, why not?

Essay Instructions: This is an analysis essay. We need to read 3 articles and establish the pros and cons of each topic. The topics are the energy crisis, global warming, environmental regulations, and Hardins'' Tragedy of the commons. (http://dieoff.orf/page95.htm) We are to only use the sources given.
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Essay Instructions: Belasco, Warren James. Americans on the Road, From Autocamp to Motel, 1910-1945. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1979. Print.
Horn, Michael. "Roadmap To The Electric Car Economy." Futurist 44.2 (2010): 40-45. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 31 Mar. 2011.
Kay, Jane Holtz. Asphalt Nation, How the Automobile Took Over America, and How We Can Take it Back. New York City: Crown Publishers, 1997. Print.
Minqi, Li. "Peak Oil, the Rise of China and India, and the Global Energy Crisis." Journal of Contemporary Asia 37.4 (2007): 449-471. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 28 Mar. 2011.
"Should you plug in?" Consumer Reports 75.10 (2010): 48-51. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. WeBelasco, Warren James. Americans on the Road, From Autocamp to Motel, 1910-1945. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1979. Print.
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Whipple, Tom. "Peak oil." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 64.5 (2008): 34-37. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 28 Mar. 2011.