Technological determinism

However, this all too often leads to the conclusion that 1ST is not relevant for existing plants, explaining why managers of existing facilities are often not much interested in 1ST. Their plants seem already technologically determined, and 1ST seems interesting only as a research or engineering curiosity. 

At one time, measuring the thermochemical properties of compounds was a serious, widespread research area. The old National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology) determined and compiled data of heats of formation for thousands of chemicals. Now such research is less popular, so, if there is a new molecule for which you want the heat of formation, the alternatives are to do the thermochemical experiments or to determine it by computational chemistry. A recently developed collection site for experimental thermodynamic data is at http //trc.nist.gov/. 

Subpart B - Requirements for Control Technology Determinations for Major Yes 40 CFR 63.51 EPA 1994b... 

EPA. 1994b. Applicability. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Subpart B - Requirements for Control Technology Determinations for Major Sources in Accordance with Clean Air Act Sections 112(g) and 112(j). Code of Federal Regulations. 40 CFR 63.51. 

Print head technology determines inkjet inks major characteristics, the latter being covered in the chapter "Inkjet inks Requirements". A major characteristic, substantially differing from standard printing inks, is the viscosity. While the viscosity of printing inks vary from several hundred up to several thousand cPs (centi Poise) — the viscosity of inks used for inkjet applications is in the range of a few cPs for the SOHO (Small Office and Home) printers and up to 20 cPs for commercial printers using industrial print heads. 

Often the main assumption in studies of technology adoption is technological determinism—that technologies such as automobiles, electricity, and telephones have steered history. We do not follow this view. We argue that successful technologies are those that are in synchrony with the major trends of history. This is our hypothesis about FCVs and mobile electricity that these technologies might succeed because they follow the main trends of history. 

This example evidences that the change to more sustainable technologies is a complex problem in which various factors -not only the availability of new technologies - determine the possibility of success. 

RACT/BACT/LAER Clearinghouse, A Compilation of Control Technology Determinations First Supplement to 1990 Edition... 

RACT/BACT/LAER clearinghouse provides state and local pollution control agencies, EPA regional offices, and other interested parties with current information on air emissions control technology determinations. 

Smith, M.R. and Marx, L. (eds.). 1994. Does Technology Drive History The Dilemma of Technological Determinism. Cambridge MIT Press. 

Technology is neither good nor bad. How people use technology determines its value. 

Select an emergency or disaster, such as a hurricane that struck the Northeast corridor of the Atlantic Ocean or a Gulf of Mexico city. Identify what damage may have resulted because people relied on technology. Determine if local, state, or national regulations were modified after the disaster to prevent similar damage in the future. 

It is not immediately obvious how, or indeed if, employers differ from the average citizen in their attribution of occupational injury causes and thus would be susceptible to incentives for prevention. Nor is it clear how incentives for prevention would influence investments in safety within the industrial sectors where high physical risks are viewed as normal and technologically determined, or part of the specific sub-culture of hazardous occupational exposure (e.g. forestry, agriculture, fishing, construction, etc). 

Both the checklists and the design recommendations follow this technology determined division. 

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