Short Essay Thesis, sources and etcetera.

Okay... Glad I checked this before class... everything is gone... *sigh* serves me right for trying to do something whilst distracted by errant computers, other assignments, being very tired and fighting off some sort of renegade sinus fatwa that has been issued to cloud my mind and stuff my nose....


My topic is #2.
My Thesis is as follows:
Alternative fuels may occasionally be seen as off-the-wall and not practical in current society, but because of the inevitable, eventual decline of oil resources, any viable offerings must be analyzed. This topic is not so concerned with examining the topic of peak oil. Peak oil will occur sooner or later, preferably later for the world's peace of mind; however, regardless of when it occurs, the world needs to be prepared for this inevitability. The sooner reliable, feasible and practical methods are discovered or created, the smoother the transition away from oil.

Main points are:
After doing some research, I decided to focus my attention on alternative fuels, and save my resources about oil pricing, and they "why" questions for a portion of my final paper. My first portion of the paper is dealing with the overall picture of alternative fuels. What's out there? Where are they coming from? What have they powered? Are they useful? Can they be produced on a large scale over a long period of time?

I've found a 2 or 3 separate articles so far that praise hydrogen, and believe it is currently our main alternative to oil. Therefore, this will be my second topic of discussion... both the pros and cons known at this time about hydrocarbon.

The third part, right now, is concerning the cars of the future. What will they look like? What does it mean for a "PTD" to run on alternative fuel? What changes will have to occur before they really are more than just a novelty item, used by the odd wealthy/extremely clever enviro-friendly person? Work Cited: Like an idiot, I forgot to save the work cited page to a Word doc.... so, because of time, I will just post the links here for now... and hopefully later today, I will be able to put them into proper MLA documented form - in a saved word doc....

http://afdc.energy.gov/afdc/ http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelrenewable.html

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/05/alternative_fuel.html

http://www.alternativefuelsources.com/eflp/alternative+fuel+sources/pid238191/D971542/C0

http://www.beyondfossilfuel.com/

Ebsco Host:

Beirne, Mike. "King of Beers Seeks Crown Among Asian Americans." Brandweek 46.37 (17 Oct. 2005): 15-15. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 23 Sep. 2008 .

Reyes, Sonia. "The 'INVISIBLE' market." Brandweek 47.5 (30 Jan. 2006): 22-26. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 23 Sep. 2008 .

Thomaselli, Rich. "Trends to watch in 2007. (Cover story)." Advertising Age 77.51 (18 Dec. 2006): 10-10. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 23 Sep. 2008 .

Imada, Bill. "Who's Asian and what it means for marketers." Advertising Age 78.36 (10 Sep. 2007): 19-19. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 23 Sep. 2008 .

"Asian Americans in the U.S." by Packaged Facts. M2PressWIRE (15 Aug. 2006). Newspaper Source. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 23 Sep. 2008 .

Nguyen, Hang. "Asian market is not so niche anymore." Orange County Register, The (Santa Ana, CA) (08 June 2006). Newspaper Source. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 23 Sep. 2008 .