...Critical Analysis # 10 “Who Killed the Electric Car?” From the movie I watched, “Who Killed the Electric Car?” 2006 year by the director Chris Paine, is impressed me very much. The truth that coming out of this movie is leaving in the audience’s mind exclamation, contradiction, and questions. This is not just a film about a car, it is film about us. But more than that, it is an uplifting film about us. About the nation that could be prosper in the future life with amazing life conditions. The plot of this movie is about the electric car in 90-s which was very popular and was becoming very high on demand among U.S. consumers. However, for the big monopolies and for the government was unprofitably to multiply and distribute these electric cars. In fact, the electric cars were much cheaper in use for consumers, because of the several aspects. The first and the most important aspect was petroleum. For the petroleum company the electric car could cause their bankruptcy, and therefore it is not profitably to distribute on the market the electric car. Second, electric cars were much cheaper than gas/petroleum cars; in fact, they did not need the expensive repair like gas/petroleum cars needed. This means that enormous car and dealer shops will no longer need for E.C. Also, no longer need for E.C. expensive spare parts, therefore no more spending on car parts. The big pressure was coming from the petroleum companies and government; however, the biggest reason to terminate...
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...Luis Salas Who killed the electric car ? Environmental issues Who Killed the Electric Car is a documentary which unfolds a complex set of events around the development and demise of the modern electric car. The story stems from California from the early 1990s to 2006. Everything begins to unfold with a brief history of the first electric cars created in the early twentieth century. These electric vehicles were killed off nearly 100 years ago as gas/petroleum powered internal combustion engine cars became cheaper. The worsening problems of gas/petrol cars are illustrated: smog, high child asthma rates, CO2 emissions and global warming. 1987 when General Motors and the Sun Racer, won the World Solar Challenge, a solar electric car race in Australia. General Motor's CEO, Roger Smith challenged the same design team to build a prototype practical electric car which became known as the 'Impact' when announced in 1990. The project expanded to small scale production vehicles with the aim that it would give GM several years lead over any competitor car companies.The Californian Air Resources Board (CARB) saw this as a way to solve their air quality problem and in 1990 passed the Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate. The ZEV Mandate specified increasing numbers of vehicles sold would have to be Zero Emission Vehicles. 'For the car companies, there...
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...a fully functional and affordable electric powered car. The resulting vehicles were high powered, zero emission, but could only run for approximately 100 miles on a charge, which is sufficient for most day to day driving. Because they knew that the technology was feasible and because of the global warming phenomenon resulting from the uncontrolled burning of fossil fuels, California state regulators passed the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate in 1990, requiring all auto makers to offer for sale in the state zero emission vehicles. The electric car was the most promising technology at the time. It was argued that they were more environmentally friendly than conventional vehicles, even if the electricity was produced through burning coal. Under pressure from all the auto makers who sued the California Air Resources Board, the mandate was revoked in 2003. Despite lessees who loved their electric vehicles, all the auto makers repossessed their electric vehicles and refused to re-lease or sell the vehicles even to their existing users. Many forces seemed to be working against making electric vehicles available, despite technology itself making their production and operation feasible. "In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust and ran without gasoline........... Ten years later, these futuristic cars were almost completely gone." 'Who Killed the Electric Car' is a documentary which unfolds a complex set of events...
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...illegal in certain states across the country. "Thirty-eight states have laws restricting or outlawing the use of electronic devices while driving," U.S. Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood said last year. But people still use their cell phones while driving. Image how a two minute conversation on phone while driving could change your life or the life of another. A crash can occur in less than one second, but could affect you or someone else for life. There are a thousand ways to die in a crash, but every one of them is permanent. Could you be able to look a mother, father, brother, sister, daughter, son, friend, etc.. of someone that you have injured or even killed in a car accident because you have to send a quick text or take a quick phone call? The next time you get in a car, remember these nine people who lost their lives because of texting while driving. Fastlane Eric...
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...You're at a presidency parade. The man you will vote for will hopefully win office again, everyone's cheering, laughing and clapping. The car with the president has just turned onto Elm Street. You can barely see them anymore, at that instant you hear a gunshot. At first, you thinks it's one of the cars with exhaust issues. However, you hear another gunshot, you see President Kennedy slump down in the car. You see one of Kennedy's special agents jump over him trying to shield him. Suddenly, the car with your new president speeds off towards the hospital. The whole nation is at a stand-still. Thirty minutes later, you hear the heart shattering news. “Our president, John F. Kennedy didn’t survive from the shot. He was pronounced dead at 1pm at the Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas.” What was once going to be a good day turned out to be anything but. His “killer”, Lee Harvey Oswald was originally arrested for the murder of police officer J. D. Tippit. Tippit was murdered in the streets of Dallas 45 minutes after Kennedy was shot. Even though many people believed it to be a inside job, Oswald was still arrested for the murder. Oswald was killed on...
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...year’s eve with some “colleagues” or partners you could say. New Year’s Eve is a holiday, a night you want to be with your friends and family. No one would think that on a holiday like this that a murder would take place. Especially for the people in Watertown, New York because on that night was when the triple murder of the Egan’s took place. Barbara, Peter and Gerald Egan were all killed at the rest stop right off of route 81. Gerald and Peter were shot at point blank range in the driver’s and passenger’s seat someone shot them from the back seat. Barbara was found face down outside of the car she too was killed. Barbara was actually supposed to stay alive they had no plans to kill her. She was in the back of the car with the killer that night on the way to the truck stop. Someone...
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...In a small area of London in 1888 a mystery happened and to this day hasn’t been solved. August seventh through September tenth, five women were murder. Who murder these women that all lived a mile from each other. Suddenly, the murder disappeared in the fall of 1888. What happened to this unidentified character? Why didn't they perform more murders like they threatened to? In a small area of London lived a girl named Lucy. Lucy was tall and had long blonde hair in waves down her back. Her soft blue eyes made you want to stare at them forever, and she alway smelled like flowers. It was a rainy morning and a warm fog settled around her and she felt comfortable walking to school. She sat down at her desk and grabbed a piece of paper she wrote her name in scriptLucy then wrote the date August 7, 1888. This would be a date she would never forget. Ding Ding Ding! Lucy jumped out of her desk and saw her friend best friend Brit. Brit was a tall slender girl with black wavy hair that was always up in a ponytail. She always wore a little makeup on her olive colored skin. Her radiant smile would brighten Lucy’s day. Brit ran to Lucy and gave her a big hug like she hadn’t seen grace...
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...person is killed every half-hour due to drunk driving. Each year, approximately 16,000 are killed in alcohol related crashes. In addition, 2 of every 3 drunk driver became drunk at a bar. Restriction on drunk customers leaving a bar is needed because too many fatalities are caused by drunk driving and too many drunk drivers are coming from bars. Even though the costs may be prohibitive, the city of Columbus should enact legislation making it mandatory for bar owners to place security at their doors to check anyone who wants to leave, determining if the customer is above the limit or not. If above the limit, security must call a taxi or über who will safely deliver the customer home. Many benefits come from this, such as job creation, which betters our economy, and the saving of lives, which increases public safety. Increased foot patrol, especially on Friday and Saturday nights with police officers checking sobriety can contribute greatly to the reduction of drunk drivers. According to the Centers for Disease Control, an average drunk driver has driven drunk 80 times before their first arrest. With this...
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...English composition 1110-06 26 October 2015 “Who Killed Gatsby” The Great Gatsby was originally a book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925; and was re-made into a hit movie in 2013 directed by Baz Luhramann. The movie tells the story of a rich man named Jay Gatsby who is for most of is trying to win back his old lover Daisy. In the end of the movie Gatsby is shot after crazy car ride and a woman is run over. The woman's husband sees that is was Gatsby’s car that hit his wife and ends up shooting him. To us who are just watching the movie we see that the woman’s husband shot Gatsby but it is possible that each character could have played a role in Gatsby’s death. The movie starts off showing Nick Caraway a World War 1 veteran and writer getting an invitation to one of Gatsby’s amazing parties. The writer puts Nick in a small dingy house on a hill right next door to Gatsby house. Showing the big difference from the poor and the rich, and how at that time there was really no middle. When the time comes for Nick to attend the party he runs into his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom. Tom and Daisy Buchanan are both rich as well, as Gatsby and lives...
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...Colombia’s own Pablo Escobar (a.k.a Drug king) of his time. Pablo started out as a petty car thief and small time marijuana dealer. When Pablo hit 18 he was dealing cocaine, small portions to parts of Colombia. When Pablo turned 25 he started dealing cocaine to the United States of America. Pablo Escobar was the wealthiest man in the world making $25 billion a year, his personal worth alone was $8.1 billion. Pablo was head of the Medellin Cartel. In the 1970’s & 80’s Medellin Cartel is in Bolivia, Peru Honduras, United States, Canada, and Europe. Escobar was offered a deal he couldn’t refuse from the President of Colombia Cesar Gaviria. The agreement President Gaviria said that Escobar had leniency and immunity from the US. Pablo Escobar...
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...Gatsby and Daisy were driving Gatsby’s car when Myrtle runs out in front of the car thinking that Tom is driving the car, but it is in fact Daisy. Gatsby wants to protect Daisy in any way possible so he tells Nick that it was him who hit and killed Myrtle. Myrtle’s husband George decides to kill whoever it was that killed his wife. He tried killing Tom first, who told George that it was Gatsby that was driving the car and who killed Myrtle. George shoots and kills Gatsby. Daisy didn’t even attend Gatsby’s funeral, which proves how little she actually cared about him. Gatsby ultimately sacrificed his life for a woman that didn’t love...
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...Leonardo DiCaprio and caraway played by Toby Maguire. Elaborate grand sets and glamorous costumes captivate the audience. Gatsby yellow car is used as symbolism to show his demise. Elaborate sets were extremely visually stimulating and stunning. Sydney, Australia is the location where the film was created with various still shots taken in New York along with in helicopter shots in Manhattan, umpteen live action shots were on partial sets and filmed with use of a green screen and filled in later with digital effects.Flashy and captivating wardrobe was used all throughout the film, winning Gatsby the best production and costume award at the academy awards. In the beginning Gatsby represents hope Gatsby represents hope and the belief that dreams and fantasies can occur if you put hope into it. He fell in love with a beautiful woman then got deployed for war, in which time she remarried and he hadn’t seen her for five years. He bought an elaborate mansion across the pond from hers and throws the most lavish glamorous popular parties in the city where he spent an immense amount of money on and countless amounts of people came to his mansion. Although his parties were the talk of the town and featured in the local paper he was never seen at any of these events at first and nobody even knew who he was. until one day he invited on nick caraway who by the way was the only person to get an invitation to any of these events, Gatsby finally appeared in a grand...
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...Different Serial Killers and their M.O.’s ““Well, enjoying it is as good a reason as any.” – Dennis Nilsen, on why he killed” (Philbin, Philbin, Killer). Serial killers have been around for centuries. There are ones that have never been caught like Jack the Ripper and the Zodiac killer, but there are also ones that were caught, such as Andrei Chikatilo, Albert Fish and Ted Bundy. There are killers who killed people using a certain method that they made for themselves and people who had no such method. Some killers killed people because of mental issues or because they had a rough childhood, while others had seemingly nothing go wrong with their childhood. All of them had some reason to kill, whether it was because they enjoyed killing, or they...
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...the plot is revealed to the reader. Overall, the stories three literary elements tie the stories theme together, which is prejudice, religion, and violence. Foreshadowing is an important element that is used several times throughout the story. O’Connor begins the story by foreshadowing the Misfit; a convict who has escaped from the federal penitentiary. It is important that he is mentioned because he eventually ends up murdering the family. The next element of foreshadowing takes place when the family is getting in the car, preparing to head toward their vacation. The grandmother has over dressed herself for the car ride. She is wearing a navy blue, polka dotted dress trimmed with lace and violets. She said that, “In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead will know that she was a lady.” This statement clearly foretells that something tragic is going to take place. As the family rides along in the car they pass a cotton field with five or six graves in the middle of it. Once again there is an indication of death approaching the family. After the family’s car accident, a car coming down the dirt road approaches them. The Misfit is the one driving the car. The car is described as a “big battered hearse-like automobile”; another reference to death advances towards the family. Instances of foreshadowing not only add suspense to the story, but they are also helpful to the reader. Foreshadowing gives the reader insight to what might be occurring next in the story....
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...Relevant Facts * At its time of release, the Pinto met the required standards. * I received field reports suggesting Pintos were susceptible to “exploding” in rear-end collisions at speeds under 25 miles per hour. * Last year in San Bernardino, California a neighbor of 13 year old Richard Grimshaw’s gas tank ruptured, causing the car to burst into flames. The neighbor did not die from impact, but was killed in the fire. Grimshaw suffered third-degree burns over 90 percent of his body. * The projected costs for 180 burn deaths ($200,000 x 180), 180 serious burn injuries ($67,000 x 180), and 2,100 burned vehicles ($700 x 2,100) is $49.5 million. * Crash-test reports show that eight of the eleven Pintos tested with an average 31 mile per hour rear end collision failed fuel leak tests with the standard fuel tank. The 3 that survived the leak test because special measures were taken to prevent tank rupture or fuel leakage by using a plastic baffle between the axel housing and the gas tank, a steel plate between the tank and the rear bumper, and a rubber lining in the gas tank. * An $11.00 safety improvement on 11 million cars and 1.5 million trucks will cost a total of $137.5 million. 2. Identify ethical issues using both a deontological AND a consequential perspective. From a deontological approach, the rights of Ford Motor Company would conflict with those of people involved in the Pinto fires. An individual has the right to health and safety, and the company...
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