Tuesday, June 2, 2009

English 174 and I

English 174 was a unique course as it did not only develop my writing and research skills but in also polished my IT skills that I have not been using lately. I believe that the idea of having a blog encourages students to write well and be creative in order to attract readers and make the blog more interesting. The topic we most discussed this semester was global warming. Having a blog were there are many posting on the effects of global warming , documentaries , carbon foot prints , cool cites and nuclear energy would raise the awareness of this issue as theses blogs can be accessed by internet surfers. With the support of English 175 too, the two courses gave me an opportunity to practice writing based on research instead of just writing what I believe and think, I am looking at facts and figures and summarizing them. This is a technique that I lacked and now became more experienced at. I also learned how to reference MLA which was confusing at the beginning. I hope I will use the writing and IT skills I have learnt this course in the future, and I will continue posting topics that interest me even after the course.

Advantages and disadvantages of Electric cars

Electric cars are very popular these days as there are fuel-free. This is summary of the advantages and disadvantages of electric cars by Himanshu.

To begin with, Electric cars are zero-emission therefore they are friendlier to the environment than ordinary cars. Even though they use electricity which is a form of energy , cars operating on fuel consume more energy then cars operating on electricity, motor vehicle is a mean of transportation modern vehicles share some advantages Another advantage is that some states in the US offer free recharging and parking for such cars.

Despite the advantages there is some downsides .Firstly, electric need regular charging and can only drive from 50 to 100miles after each charge. Another negative point is that is maximum speed is only 50kmph making them only recommended for local destination rather than long distance journeys.

In my opinion electronic cars can help stopping air pollution and I believe that in the years coming technology would evolve and solve the speed and charging issues with current electronic cars.

Bibliography
Himanshu,advantages and disadvantages of electirc cars.27-May-2009.http://www.irolisautos.com/blog/