Week 4 Recap
This
week in our meeting we began to compile data which we acquired from the GREET 1
model. Looking at the data given, we came to the
conclusion that it might be necessary to come up with some sort of grading
system for the various fuel sources. The
reason we are looking into developing this, is because we have no measure of
which data points carry the most weight, and should be treated as larger
contributors to the overall “score” of a fuel.
As an example, a full electric car has practically no CO2
emissions when compared with a gasoline-powered car, but expends considerably
more energy during the production of its “fuel”. Our grading system will need to compare the
significance of the various data points in order to properly weigh them against
one another.
So
having gotten this far into the data, we expect to be posting our findings to
the blog very soon. The task of
generating our grading system is now one of the deliverables for the coming
weeks as well. The method of our grading
system shall be made available with the results. In order to better prepare our data, we will
also be starting to layout our final presentation, which should help us develop
charts and tables from our data.
Assignments:
- Bryan and Eric will be working on the development of our data through the grading system.
- Tiancheng and Ross will be starting our final presentation to help us understand what we need to make our data more presentable.
- Dan will be continuing construction on the blog. Consolidating pages, and editing.