Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Hot Topics in your discipline


MADE IN USA:
This article talks about why many people in the United States feel that foreign cars are better than domestic ones. I think that this article is important as the domestic car industry has been through an unbelievable slump lately, and even though it’s improving, many people still would prefer foreign over domestic. I myself have a Nissan Sentra, and really, the only reason why it is my current car, is because it was a hand-me-down from my mom. And when I find myself thinking about cars that I would want, I find myself thinking mostly about foreign cars.

STOP USING DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS:
This is actually an article, that I think many people don’t really think about. When was the last time that you shaved, and replaced the head, or when was the last time you ate at a Chinese restaurant and used throwaway wooden chopsticks? Most people use disposable things everyday, but it’s become such a part of our lives, that you don’t think about. There’s been a big upswing in the reuse, reduce, and recycle mantra, and the reason why this article really got to me was because I thought about the things I threw away today, and it was an embarrassing amount. Granted, most of it went in the recycling bin, but the fact that I had that much to recycle was mind-boggling.

THE ELECTRIC CAR DEBATE:
Anybody who owns a car knows the trouble of having a car: Gas, repairs, insurance, accidents. With the advent of Electric cars becoming a possibility, are they really all that they’re cracked up to be? This article is important to me because when I want to buy a new car, I was looking to buy a hybrid or pure electric car, and I think many people would like to go that route as well. I’m interested in learning more about electric cars and what makes them so difficult to implement in US culture, and whether or not I think that they are an ideal car for me, or students like me.
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Graham, Paul. "Made in USA." Paul Graham. N.p., Nov 2004. Web. 12 Oct 2011. <http://www.paulgraham.com/usa.html>.
"Stop Using Disposable Products ." EarthThreat.Org: What You Can Do To Help Change The World. Earth Threat, 26 July 2007. Web. 12 Oct 2011. <http://earththreat.org/hello-world>.
"The Electric Car Debate." Green Packs: We care about the environment. Greenpacks.org, 29 Sept 2011. Web. 12 Oct 2011. <http://www.greenpacks.org/2011/09/29/the-electric-car-debate/>.

19 comments:

  1. I like your disposable waste topic. I feel many choose to ignore this problem and I agree that it is a major concern.

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  2. I like the American made, why buy foreign car issue. I have my Mom's 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee and she is still running and looking like new. It may be I just take care of it longer. There were no hot topics on public transportation like monorail type, Metrolink or subway type areas of issue?

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  3. My vote is for American made. This is a very controversial issue.

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  4. My vote is for the Made in USA topic

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  5. I like the electric car debate. It sounds interesting.

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  6. I love the Made in America topic.

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  7. My vote is for the made in the USA topic.

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  8. I like the disposible products topic. It's amazing how many items get thrown away daily that can be reused many times. We are a wasteful society.

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  9. Made in America, this is not only important but also interesting.

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  10. Disposable Waste. It's not only a waste of product and resources, but a waste of money.

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  11. I definitely think electric cars is a good topic to write about.

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  12. Using disposable products. I know as a family, we use too many.

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  13. My vote is for the electric car debate.

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  14. Disposable products issue sounds good, I'd like to hear about the impact is is having.

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  15. I am interested in the stop using disposable products topic.

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  16. I vote for the stop using disposable products topic.

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