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My day job is as a civil service electrician for the last thirty-four years at the Veteran s Administration hospital. March 5, 2006,1 had thirty-four years with civil service. After duty at the VA hospital, all the rest is a volunteer as a firefighter, rescue worker, or helping the county sheriff and the State Highway Patrol as an interpreter. Basically, I stay pretty busy. The federal government gave us three fire vehicles after the chlorine gas incident because our old equipment was done-in by corrosion caused directly by poison chlorine gas. This gas took the paint and chrome off our fire vehicles so it was unusable for any other purpose what do you think it did to my lungs and body at the same time ... 

Therefore, the use of plastics will increase and not diminish. One need only think of the importance attaching to heat insulation in the building industry for saving valuable energy, or of the automotive industry, where plastics can help to trim vehicle weight and thus save energy. There are so many... 

When you think about energy efficiency, what comes to mind You may think about taking the stairs instead of the elevator, choosing to drive a small car instead of a sport utility vehicle, or turning off lights when you are not using them. What, however, does efficiency really mean How do you quantify it ... 

It is well known that U.S. space vehicles obtain their auxiliaiy power in space by the use of fuel cells (Chapter 13), electrochemical devices in which the spontaneous tendency of hydrogen to combine with oxygen drives the cell and produces electricity, with water as a by-product (pure enough to drink). It stands to reason then, that one might think of producing substances more economically valuable than water in this electrogenerative way. Such work is into its first decade and Fig. 7.190 shows an example benzene is oxidized to phenol with electricity as a by-product Clearly, the economics of such a process depend on the cost of the H2 and whether one can sell the electricity. This gives rise to a speculation. 

As this paper reviews 25 years of progress in the technology of natural gas liquids, we may first adjust our thinking to the conditions in 1926, so that the progress made since then may be appreciated more fully. In 1926 total U. S. crude oil production was about 771,000,000 barrels total motor fuel demand, something over 268,000,000 barrels and highway motor vehicles in use, 21,000,000 (Table I). 

Twelve heads nodded. Angel looked them over with cool satisfaction. She signalled to the driver and the Sleipnir s engines fired. As the vehicle trundled under way, Angel made her way to the front and strapped herself in, thinking. She couldn t help wondering why Razum had chosen to send her on this mission because he trusted her so absolutely, or because he didn t trust her to sit in on his audience with this Doctor She wondered too about the Doctor. Who was he What did he want from Razum And who was the woman in the painting he had carried into the War Room ... 

First, a little history An all-electric car has long sounded logical to many people. GM launched the EV1, an all-electric vehicle, in 1996. Unfortunately, the car was a complete flop, and the 1-billion project was abandoned in 1999. In 2002, Ford announced that it would give up on the Think, an electric car model in which it had invested 123 million. These efforts were an attempt to satisfy government demands, not an attempt to fill early consumer needs. 

Infrastructure and distribution raise similar problems. Capable third-party chemical distributors offering consistently high levels of service are not universally available. According to a 2002 study published by the State Council s China Development Research Centre, 70 percent of China s commercial enterprises have their own fleet of vehicles and 80 percent own their warehouse facilities. MNCs thinking about setting up their own (Western-style) nationwide chemical distribution network have soon been discouraged by the high risks and costs involved. 

If you meet those criteria, you also need to consider whether such investments are suitable for your particular needs and circumstances. Such funds may be riskier than investing in other vehicles and are typically illiquid, so you should not expect to realize returns for at least 10 years. Gaining entry into such a fund also may prove challenging. Because of these difficulties, we think that investing in an ETF or sector mutual fund may still represent the most attractive way in which to invest in alternatives. 

What do we think of when we hear fiber Clothing, certainly, and other textiles such as sheets and blankets, curtains and upholstery. Some fiber goes into carpeting—for offices, homes, automobiles, and recreational vehicles. Automobile, truck, and bus tires are strengthened with the use of fibers called cords. Some fiber is used for industrial purposes such as insulation and filtration. Hollow fibers that act as membranes are used in the desalination of seawater by reverse osmosis and in kidney dialysis. As we have already seen, extremely high-strength fibers are used to make bulletproof safety equipment and to reinforce polymers for high performance ap-... 

Fuel cells can also be used for other purposes. Think about the energy used by a car or other transportation vehicles. Fuel cells could be an excellent source of electrical energy for the cars and buses of the future. In fact, some researchers think that if hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles become common, they will cost less than half of what gasoline powered-vehicles cost today. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will also be easier to take care of because there will be fewer parts to repair or replace. 

Water molecules are attracted to one another. Because we are surrounded by water, we are surrounded by evidence of this attraction. Re-examine the water skier in Figure 3.22. If water molecules did not attract one another, do you think the spray from the ski would form a sheet as shown Try filling a glass with water. As you near the rim, add water very slowly. If you are careful, you can fill the glass so that the water bulges over the rim. After a rainfall, you have probably seen beads of water on the surface of vehicles. In Figure 3.32, you can see further evidence of the attraction of water molecules to one another. 

You probably ride in a car or a bus several times a week, if not every day. What gases do these vehicles produce How can we prevent environmental harm from vehicle emissions Think through this issue as you study the material in Unit 4. You will have a chance to debate your point of view with your classmates at the end of the unit. 

How do you think the issue of vehicle emissions will be addressed in the future ... 

The PEM fuel cell is the leading alternative for building-integrated applications, where multi-functionality would allow current natural gas burners to be replaced by combined heat-and-power systems, possibly with the additional option of supplying hydrogen to a one-vehicle filling station. One may think that if the automobile industry is successful in developing a viable... 

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