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This paper discussed about how the social media sites affects the consumers purchasing decisions, political decisions, or at least your friends' view of your political affiliation or a proposition on which you have yet to form an opinion.
Many international policies that adopt the precautionary principle such as European REACH directives have emerged in response to the regulatory dilemma caused by the fast growing use of toxic chemicals in electronics production. However, while these current global green electronic standards pay much attention to substances in the product, the adverse impacts of chemicals and solvents used in the manufacturing...
During the earlier period of the 20th century, following a brief flirtation with laissez-faire economic policies in the 1920's, there was a decisive shift towards economic nationalism and protectionism based on "infant-industry" arguments. This was in line with much conventional economic theory at the time. At the time those working in agriculture accounted for over 50% of the labour-force...
Distributed generation (DG) is related with the use of small generating units installed at strategic points of the electric power system or locations close to load centers. DG can be used in an isolated way, supplying the consumer's local demand, or integrated into the grid supplying energy to the electrical power system. Distributed generation can run on renewable energy resources, fossil fuels or...
The public's response to power blackouts provides a valuable insight into their concerns about the industry and provides an invaluable demonstration of society's dependency on bulk electricity supplies. The London blackout and one in Birmingham a week later were both caused by technical problems, also they sparked wide-ranging debates about the future and state of the power supply industry. The immediate...
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