What are the four ways that we can offset opportunity costs for “green” decision making?

What will be an ideal response?


1. Appeal to someone’s environmental values, such as through green marketing or endorsement labeling.
2. Demonstrate the long term advantages of the product, such as through benefit cost analysis.
3. Provide incentives, such as through tax credits or rebates.
4. Design products and processes so that they do not carry a green premium, but cost the same as conventional items.

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In certain applications, the function of a part requires defining the concentricity deviation of a cylindrical feature of size relative to a datum axis. In this application, the ____________________ distance between median points of the toleranced diameter and the datum axis is half the concentricity tolerance value.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A(n) ____________________ is the only safe device to use when lighting any torch.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The effective use of springs in machine design depends on several basic criteria. Which of the following is not one of those criteria?

A. function stresses B. tolerances C. smoothness D. material E. none of the above

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The thickness of flange welds is specified by a dimension placed to the left or right of the flange dimension.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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