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.