Biofuel

In our day to day lives mostly everyone will enjoy McDonald’s every once in a while, even though you might not be a fan of fast food. McDonald 's Corporation is a multimillion dollar global business. Though the meals they serve may be cheap, the negative effects they carry could greatly outweigh the positive effects so much more than one might think. In this report the pros and cons of McDonalds will be discussed and then the casting of the judgement of if it’s a good or bad global citizen will…

By the year 2050, experts predicts that the world population would rise to about nine billion. ”To meet the needs of that many people, humans will have to produce as much food in the next 40 years as they have in the last 8000,” says Jason Clay, senior vice president of market transformation for the World Wildlife Fund (Ingeno 2013). This is clearly because our population is increasing enormously at an exponential rate. David Jenkins, professor in the Nutritional Sciences department at the…

organizations.” (Southwest Airlines, n.d.) Furthermore, giving more than $19.6 million in free transportation has been distributed in 26 states since the program’s inception in 2007. In 2014, Southwest Airlines signed an agreement with Red Rock Biofuels to purchase three million gallons of low carbon renewable jet fuel per year. This renewable fuel will be refined in Oregon from forest residues, helping to reduce the risk of destructive forest fires. Along with modernizing their fleet,…

What is technology and how does in work with our world? Technology is a set of different, ideas, processes, methods, and skills that develop into a service that can either provide or attain a service. The earliest signs of technology are when humans began developing simple tools from natural resources found in the environment. Over time, this scientific innovation has brought cars, mobile phones, electricity, and other inventions that were brought to life that we use in our everyday lives.…

In 1989, a substantial policy was enacted that brought countries together from all around the world to combat the diminishing ozone layer. This policy, The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, was a significant step in improving the effects of climate change. Since then, very few successful policies have been enacted. The problem of global warming has been increasing and now that the effects are being felt, talk of actions have been developing. With many factors…

Few of us take the time to contemplate the scale of food production - which is understandable when we live in an era of cheap fast food and 24 hour supermarket openings. However is it important that we take an interest in our food 's origin and preparation? Should we be alarmed about the real contents of our pre-packaged food? These questions have been part of a interminable debate specifically regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs). For years "selective breeding" within traditional…

The experimental solutions were analyzed spectrophotometrically to collect the data. The absorbance of these solutions was recording. However, the collected data should not be greater than the given absorbance of p-nitrophenol standard (1.310). If the absorbance of experimental solutions was higher than the standard one, that solution had to be diluted to get the lower number. The maximum time to dilute solution in this experiment was 2. According to the Beer-Lambert Law, the absorbance…

allergic reaction leading to anaphylaxis. There are some plants species that are being made to be insect repellant with a compound that is placed in that plant known as bacillus turingiensis that allows the plant to exhibit a natural insect repellant property, however nature have a way of adopting and after too many Bt, plants have been introduced into the environment these insect could become resistant to this substance ("NRC ," 2010, p. 2). Additionally farmer who has their fields nearby…

Genetically Modified Corn Genetically modified corn has many disadvantages and advantages. One advantage is that corn is being genetically modified to be herbicide resistant and to produce its own pesticide. Another advantage is that crop yields are being increased through genetic modification. The disadvantages are environmental issues such as, the decrease of insect populations due to the growth of corn that produces its own pesticide. Also, Genetic Modification is a growing field and the…

traits. In genetic engineering, genes from unrelated organism are incorporated into plants. Genetically modified (GM) plants have the potential of increasing the quality and quantity of food worldwide and may also become increasingly important as biofuels. Two important GM crops are golden rice, which provide more vitamin A and Bt maize, which is insect resistant. There are concerns about the unknow risk of releasing GM organisms into the environment, but the potential benefits of transgenic…