Day 7 Critical Writing
Paragraph 1- Even though trains on average move slower than trucks, they can carry a lot more wheat for less cost of fuel. So over all you can get more wheat to the port to be shipped for less fuel costs. Another advantage for using trains is that when you open a train station in the area to ship your wheat, you can create more jobs for the surrounding people. Another benefit to shipping your product with a train is that trains are less subject to weather conditions and accidents, so your delivery rate will have a higher percentage of being on time to the port.
Paragraph 2- By shorting the travel route you will use less fuel in moving the wheat from place to place. Thus, with fuel costs reduced you can charge less for your bread which could bring you back in range with the Canadians. Reducing toll charges would work the same way. Not having to pay tolls gives you that much extra money to keep or use in reducing the cost of your bread. Some other things you can do to reduce your shipping costs would be to reduce the shipping time. This could be to use trains to ship your wheat to a port in California where you then ship directly to China via boat.
Day 14 Critical Writing
Paragraph 1- I feel that the park managers should support the electric railroad in Washington. The the most important point of improvement would be the lack of cars and other automobiles. This would be the best because there would be no pollution to damage the natural environment. Accedent potential would also decrease because there is no traffic and people can't speed. People would also be able to see more of the park during their visit because they can spend more time exploring the area instead of waiting behind a line of cars just to enter the park. The electric railroad would also probably be cheaper and get up and running faster than spending all that time and money to build the extra roads and the parking lots. In the effort to add more parking space to the park, you would have to close the roads down further slowing down the flow of cars. If you went with the cars addition, you would have to close down the road into the park until it is complete, decreasing the rate of tourist visits and profit. Finally the electric railroad is silent so it wont scare the animals.
Paragraph 2- The efficiency of the electric railroad would be very high. It can get people from one location to another very quickly and can do it numerous times more faster and safeer than standard cars. The train could also take more people from one location to another in the time it takes for twice the people to drive to that certain location. The new roads and the new parking lots would be efficient at the beginning because the same old crowd would come to the park, leaving lots of extra room. Some people are pushed away from Zion National Park by the crowds and waits, but word would spread of the new parking lot and the new system would bring more people in, just crowding the park up again. The electric train could take the people places that cannot be reached by car, increasing the interest of all people to see new rock formations or plants. In fact you could elevate the train over the park kinda like a monorail in Disney Land. The parking lots and road improvements would improve the visitors experience because of the increased efficiency of people getting into the park and people would feel like they are on their own schedules, no the schedule of the park. The electric railroad plan would decrease pollution in the park because no gas is being burned and nothing is being shot into the air. The car plan would bring in more cars, increasing the pollution because more gas is being burned and left in the air by the cars exhaust. I would chose the electric railroad because of all the reasons that I presented above. It might be expensive in the beginning but eventually it would pay off with increased enjoyment from people and the animals.
Paragraph 1- Even though trains on average move slower than trucks, they can carry a lot more wheat for less cost of fuel. So over all you can get more wheat to the port to be shipped for less fuel costs. Another advantage for using trains is that when you open a train station in the area to ship your wheat, you can create more jobs for the surrounding people. Another benefit to shipping your product with a train is that trains are less subject to weather conditions and accidents, so your delivery rate will have a higher percentage of being on time to the port.
Paragraph 2- By shorting the travel route you will use less fuel in moving the wheat from place to place. Thus, with fuel costs reduced you can charge less for your bread which could bring you back in range with the Canadians. Reducing toll charges would work the same way. Not having to pay tolls gives you that much extra money to keep or use in reducing the cost of your bread. Some other things you can do to reduce your shipping costs would be to reduce the shipping time. This could be to use trains to ship your wheat to a port in California where you then ship directly to China via boat.
Day 14 Critical Writing
Paragraph 1- I feel that the park managers should support the electric railroad in Washington. The the most important point of improvement would be the lack of cars and other automobiles. This would be the best because there would be no pollution to damage the natural environment. Accedent potential would also decrease because there is no traffic and people can't speed. People would also be able to see more of the park during their visit because they can spend more time exploring the area instead of waiting behind a line of cars just to enter the park. The electric railroad would also probably be cheaper and get up and running faster than spending all that time and money to build the extra roads and the parking lots. In the effort to add more parking space to the park, you would have to close the roads down further slowing down the flow of cars. If you went with the cars addition, you would have to close down the road into the park until it is complete, decreasing the rate of tourist visits and profit. Finally the electric railroad is silent so it wont scare the animals.
Paragraph 2- The efficiency of the electric railroad would be very high. It can get people from one location to another very quickly and can do it numerous times more faster and safeer than standard cars. The train could also take more people from one location to another in the time it takes for twice the people to drive to that certain location. The new roads and the new parking lots would be efficient at the beginning because the same old crowd would come to the park, leaving lots of extra room. Some people are pushed away from Zion National Park by the crowds and waits, but word would spread of the new parking lot and the new system would bring more people in, just crowding the park up again. The electric train could take the people places that cannot be reached by car, increasing the interest of all people to see new rock formations or plants. In fact you could elevate the train over the park kinda like a monorail in Disney Land. The parking lots and road improvements would improve the visitors experience because of the increased efficiency of people getting into the park and people would feel like they are on their own schedules, no the schedule of the park. The electric railroad plan would decrease pollution in the park because no gas is being burned and nothing is being shot into the air. The car plan would bring in more cars, increasing the pollution because more gas is being burned and left in the air by the cars exhaust. I would chose the electric railroad because of all the reasons that I presented above. It might be expensive in the beginning but eventually it would pay off with increased enjoyment from people and the animals.