ENGL 111
FALL, 2015
Writing Paper #2 (Guided + Research)INSTRUCTIONS
Write an 850 – 1000 word Problem – Solution(s) paperclearly
explaining technology-related supporting ideas from outside sources addressone
of the following issues:
1) Electricity +
Water issues in developing countries
2) E-waste
3) Space debris
4)
Traditional (teacher-fronted) education
5)
Manned mission to Mars
* Starter sources provided in Moodle [Paper #2 Starter Texts] (Optional)
EXPECTATIONS:
The
focus ofPaper #2 is to show that you can properly research and synthesize
related information of one of the selected topics provided and properly integrate
the various researched source information as supporting ideas (body
paragraphs) into one paper, including the use of source information as
quotes.
1)The paper must
integrate supporting informationfrom
at least 3 separate sources
to support your thesis, and one of the sources must be from those provided.
Other supporting sources can come from credible online sources, books or
periodicals available in the library (or other local libraries).
-No more than 6 sources can be included.
– A minimum of 3 of the sources must be
text-based (non-video/infographic)
–NO Wikipedia or Forum-based Blog
entries (Yahoo Answers, About.com, etc.) can be used as supporting sources.
* In order to be eligible for a
‘B’ paper or higher, a minimum of 4 sources must be used.
** In
order to be eligible for an ‘A’ paper or higher, at least one of the sources
must be
from a company, organization or university
laboratory website.
2)Include two (2) short pieces of information
[within 40 words] from the sources as quotes*.
* The information CANNOT be
quoted in the original source.
– No more than 2 quotes allowed –
Paraphrase all other.
3)Have adequate paraphrasing of source information
(Checked through ‘Turnitin’).
– The overall Similarity Report result must
clearly not have any large chunks of similarity from any individual source.
Paper
Format
Use
Times New Roman font, 12-point font, 1.5 line spacing, left side aligned only.
Your name and student number must appear on the upper right hand corner of the
first page of your paper. No cover page until Final Draft please. Do not forget
to give your paper an appropriate title.
Water is the
most desired and the most essential natural resource for living beings. In
fact, human beings are naturally made with 70% of body structure formed through
water therefore; the need of the water consumption across globe has remained
subjected to controversy and analysis. Scholars believe that more than one
billion population of the word especially in developing nations is lacking the
supply of fresh water which is resulting in the growth of economical crisis and
sanitation related problems. To make the situation worse, the water resources
in developing nations are barely enough to provide support in electricity
production. Thus, the overall situation about electricity and water resources
in developing nations needs grave and real time reforms. The issues of water
resources in developing nations can be resolved with the help of recycling of
wastage along with proper channel making about the consumption of water.
The
Problem of Water Resources’ Availability: A Cursory View
At first, it is
important to point out that availability of natural water resources is
decreasing rapidly in developing nations. According to a report published in
2006 by UNISEF, there are about one billion people across globe who lack proper
sanitation and fresh water supply because of non availability of proper
management of natural and fresh water resources, “Worldwide, over one billion
people lack access to an adequate water supply; more than twice as many lack
basic sanitation (WHO/UNICEF, 2006).”
(George, 2008) one would view that the problem has grown in the recent decades
of 21st century because of the rapid growth of industrialization in
developing nations. As a result of massive consumption of available natural
resources, the fresh water supply to all individuals has become a utopia.
Consequently, in the premises of developing nations, people suffer from water
related issues and they have to transform their living habits in order to
survive.
Further,
people in developing nations have to search for water resources which is time
consuming and economically expensive. In other words, in the Asian nations like
India and Pakistan, people have to look for waters because the over consumption
of available water resources has resulted in the draught like areas in their
living premises. The process of searching and finding the fresh water is a
costly matter to those who live in rural surroundings. Sometimes, the females
in the families have to go miles in order to find water sources because they
live in a dry area where water level is almost zero.
Moreover,
the over availability of water resources for industries has made the situation
worse. These industries consume a great deal of available water resources and
thus, the common people remain unacquainted with what they deserve. This issue
ultimately affects the water based energy production according to a report
published in WWDR in 2014, “The report notes that roughly 75% of all industrial
water withdrawals are used for energy production. Tariffs also illustrate this
interdependence: if water is subsidized to sell below cost” (United Nations
University, 2014) It is thus proved that industries in developing nations are using
a lot of available water resources which is actually making the problem worse
for common as well as energy management.
In
the same context, the electricity related issues are growing in developing
nations due to less availability of water as natural resource. Moreover, the
electricity production is affected by the internal problems of people who use
electricity illegally and thus, they become accountable for the line loss and
tripping of electric system. In other words, the energy production is less than
the energy consumption in developing nations and in spite of making efforts,
the governments are failing to meet the requirements of industries and domestic
users.
Secondly,
if energy production is associated with this issue, it is quite noticeable
factor that the water availability for energy production is reducing in
developing nations. They still rely mainly on either coal or water based energy
production houses. The coal is available easily through mines but water
resources are limited and they ought to remain restricted for usage. The
problem is growing because of the dependency level of these nations over the
availability of fresh water sources in nature. Unlike developed nations who
have now adopted the nuclear technique to produce energy, developing nations
are struggling to maintain the balance between the boomed industrialization and
the common water supply along with keeping in mind that their industries would
run well only if they keep the energy production up to the mark.
The
Licensed Water Distribution and Nuclear Energy Management: A State of
Resolution
In the list of
some problems discussed above, it is essential to achieve the state of
resolution as soon as possible because if the water resources remain at
jeopardy, the developing nations might lose their chances to survive in the
race of global progress. The first solution which might change the course of action
in giving access to the available water resources is the license provision. In
other words, the government should decide when and how the supplies of water
would take place in a balanced way to the industries so that fresh water can be
saved from over consumption and at the same time, it is available for the
energy production as well. An alternative of this energy production would be
relying more on developing nuclear energy production houses.
Additionally,
the nuclear energy production houses are the best alternatives because they do
not consume great amount of water in order to produce electricity. They have
the choices of radioactive products like Uranium etc. in order to produce
electricity at the expected level. The maintaining of demand and supply can be
balanced by producing more and more energy through nuclear based electricity
productions.
Conclusion
Thus, the
electricity and water resources are in the centre of problems in developing
nations, however, by taking the steps of licensed method and nuclear energy
production houses’ concept, the governments in the developing nations can
resolve their issues to a large extent.
References
http://unu.edu/media-relations/releases/wwd2014-un-stresses-water-energy-issues.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK28449/
http://www.globalissues.org/article/601/water-and-development
http://scholar.google.co.in/scholar_url?url=http://epubs.scu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D2066%26context%3Desm_pubs&hl=en&sa=X&scisig=AAGBfm3Mi2PM_zilmyBaU2cSa644UJq1rA&nossl=1&oi=scholarr&ved=0CBwQgAMoADAAahUKEwiJpLSapJTJAhWWC44KHaHqDfg
