Mengzi and Zhuangzi are both ancient Chinese philosophers. Although they lived in a similar time, their views can be radically different. Mengzi was highly influenced by Confucius, and as a result, his work is highly important in Confucian tradition. We don’t know much about Zhuangzi’s life, in comparison, and although Zhuangzi and Mengzi are practically contemporaries, there is no historical proof of them communicating. Mengzi is most well-known for his theory on human nature, but Zhuangzi has…
service” protecting the river basin (Fenley 197). The forest will no longer be able to provide the earth by preserving moisture and regulating the water. Deforestation has been caused by the increase of illegal businesses, agriculture, mining, and rubber production. Deforestation will potentially eliminate the beautiful plants that create the Amazon picture. Much of deforestation, for the expansion of the frontier of agriculture, ranching, and logging, has greatly affected the oxygen and carbon…
colorless liquid, it presents in gasoline, crude oil, and cigarette smoke. Benzene is one of the chemical contaminant which used in manufacturing many products like plastics, synthetic fibers and resin. Also, it is used to solve waxes, oils, resins, and rubber. We can get exposure to benzene from tobacco smoke, motor vehicle exhaust, gas station, glues, paints, and detergents. Benzene has many effects on human body after long time exposure, it causes acute myelogenous leukemia which…
financial support for the K-State Ducks Unlimited Chapter. Audience: The donors and supporters at the Kansas State University Ducks Unlimited Annual Banquet. Introduction Attention Material: According to an article titled Wetlands published by the Natural Resource Conservation Service under the US Department of Agriculture, only 46 percent of all original wetlands in the United States remain. This means that the ducks and geese we all love only have half the habitat they once knew.…
Fracturing or “Fracking” for short is a process where chemicals and water are injected into wells to breakup rock formations that have gas or oil trapped in the rock itself. This process is specifically used for developing and extracting oil and natural gas from shale. While most people have heard the term “Fracking”, very few understand or even consider the down the road steps required to transfer, process and transport the fuel once it has been extracted or the implications and environmental…
Environmental justice is very ambiguous term as it denotes the need for not only environmental sustainability but also social liberation. Regrettably, not every citizen, politician or business owner is apprehensive about our wilting global environment. To this very day, there are scholars and politicians that contend that climate change and global warming is the rhetorical vehicle for which liberal propaganda can be transported. Consequently, these same leaders in their lofty positions deny that…
making products similar to the blades, gearboxes, brakes, hubs, cooling fans, couplings, drives, cases, bearings, generators, towers and sensors that make up a wind tower. These jobs fall into the familiar durable manufacturing sectors of plastics and rubber, primary metals, fabricated metal products, machinery, computer and electronic products, and electrical equipment” (U.S. Conference of Mayors). It seems that we have the ability to continue the drive towards alternative energy, and…
description consists of harvesting thousands acres of trees for a later profit. Typically lumber industries gain their profits from other manufacturers that makes products from trees. Everyday products are made from trees including paper, sponges, rubber, etc. (Discover More). There is a high demand for lumber throughout the world, and provides a high amount of jobs. According to the Bureau Labor of Statistics over 900,000 jobs are provided in the United States. With more jobs provided to…
Egoli is a company that is involved in the oil and gas industry. Its main operations involve upstream activities. As consultants the objective of the following report is to highlight certain issues and provide solutions to which these issues can be resolved. The fields that will be discussed includes: entrepreneurship and business, business strategy, business risk and fraud and IT in businesses. The report is prioritized and may not include every issue or problem. Business and Entrepreneurship…
21AB FINAL RESEARCH PAPER ENGLRES N09 I. Solar Roadways A. Brief History There is an impending power crisis in the Philippines and the government is spending 450 million pesos to avert it. Energy authorities in the Philippines believe that the shortfall would be as much as 1004 megawatts per day. In one hour, the sun produces 380,000,000,000,000,000,000 megawatts of energy. These two realities point to a sharp contrast, that many countries in the world are threatened over energy crises and a…