http://www.prisonplanet.com/schwarzenegger-set-to-ban-energy-guzzling-big-screen-tvs-in-california.html
All television sets wider than 40 inches have now been taken from stores according to Doug Johnson of the Consumer Electronics Association.
I believe this article was very simple and self explanatory, making it easy to understand. Although this is all good it was frustrating that not much information was given about the "terms and conditions" of this environmentally friendly action.
This is a very interesting article that has really captured my attention, especially for someone who also has a TV. It is very ironic that Schwarzenegger is doing this for someone who has made a career off of the "big screen". It also provokes people to save energy to help the environment and also get people less hooked to the television screen then they already are. Although she chose a very interesting article, I think she could have added a little more detail of when they started doing this, and how this may help the environment. She also could have expressed how the governor of California thought of this idea, because it still seems a bit random to me. I learned that not only is too much TV bad for you, but if the television is too big, it can be even worse for the environment.
ReplyDeleteOne aspect of this presentation that was well presented was how she went straight to the point of the article. A second thing she did well was how she clearly stated the 5 W’s. She stated who, what when, where, and why’s of her article. Lastly, I enjoyed hearing about this article because it is very ironic how they are banning wide screen televisions but they are now just becoming so popular. It almost contradicts itself because many people are trying to go “green,” but they are creating things that use more and more energy like wide screen televisions and the iPhone.
ReplyDeleteOne way the presentation could have been better was if she maybe was not so brief. Im assuming the article had more detail than explained and I was left very curious to what the other details were. Secondly, she could have shared her opinion of this new law, or just shared more information about Mr. Schwarzenegger’s thoughts on this whole thing.
One thing I learned was that wide screen TVs take up more energy. I always knew they used more than a tiny TV, obviously, but I did not know it took up so much to the point that it was terrible for our environment.
I read Emma’s article. In this article, Emma explained that Arnold Schwarzenegger was going to ban all TVs wider than 40 inches because it is severely bad for the environment. All of these TVs are now not being sold in stores throughout California. These TVs can take up as much as 3 times as much s a regular-sized TVs. One thing I enjoyed about the article was Emma gave a basic summary of what is going on, it answered all of the Ws that should normally be filled in an article. She also picked a good article because it was interesting and concerns things that people our age would be interested in.
ReplyDeleteSomething to make this article better would be to add more detail. I felt I was left with not much information and kind of had to figure out the questions I had on my own. I think Emma could also have answered some other questions, like why Arnold Schwarzenegger would make such a law randomly, or how long it took to find out this information about the energy consuming TV.
I learned from this article about TVs taking a lot of energy. I didn’t know previously that depending on the size of the TV the more energy it takes up. I knew that small TVs take up less energy than big TVs, but I didn’t know it was such a significant difference of energy used up from the regular TVs to the big TVs.
I thought that Emma was able to find a very interesting article that grabs peoples attention because big screen tvs are so popular. She also was able to look at the good and the bad parts of the article that she read. Another part if her review that was done well was that she wrote in a way that was easy for everyone to understand.
ReplyDeleteTwo things that she could have improved was she could have went into more detail while writing her review and she could have said how people reacted to this banning.
In all I learned that states have enough power to ban items like tvs.
Emma's presentation was one very well presented in the way she told us exactly what the point of the article was, which was to ban wide-screen TV's to help the "go green" effect. A second thing she did well was summarize how this would help the environment. Lastly this article was presented well in the way that she picked an article our age group would be considered in or could help the environment through this. She could have added some detail on how this became a law and who proved this. Also she could have given us numbers on how many people consumer more energy by using this TV. I learned that the TV size does matter in the amount of energy it consumes and i will be more aware of this because of Emma's article.
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