Advanced DW Term 1 2026 Blog B

I have used a few sharing economy applications in the past and nearly all of them in Thailand such as Uber, Grab and foodpanda apart from Airbnb.   My overall impression towards these applications is good because they are convenient to use, and have reliable systems.   For example, when I order a food delivery and there is no riders available, the system will automatically cancel my order within 10 minutes and make a full refund payment to my credit card.   In terms of future developments, specifically in food delivery businesses, I think the business size will grow and cover more numbers of restaurants, cafes, coffee shops because many users get used to the convenience of getting food without leaving their houses or their workplace.  In addition, the coverage area of food delivery could continue to expand in the future on the condition that there is still rising demand for the delivery. In terms of the sharing economy businesses that I use at present, I have bee...

 In Japan, I sometimes used sharing service called "Merukari", which allows you to buy and sell used goods freely like "Trade Me" in NZ. Actually, the demand for sharing services is increasing year by year in my country. Therefore, that will be significantly common to make money with it instead of working as part-time like selling hand-made products or pictures in the future. U ber is often cited as a representative example of a sharing service. One big advantage of Uber has financial benefits, because it's obviously cheaper than taxies. For instance, in every country I've visited before, Uber often offers reasonable price, which is cheaper about 30% than the taxi. Having said that, there's downside of Uber. It's about safety. When you ride on the car Uber provides, some people can't feel at home, because they aren't employed company.  The app I've never used before called "Door Dush". it's food delivery service like "U...

My experience of the sharing economy has changed since moving to New Zealand. In Germany, students are the most environmentally conscious people, trying to save as much money as possible while thrifting the essentials and eating discarded food. The majority of students are vegan, and many of them would judge you if you were to admit traveling somewhere by plane. Especially food and ride-sharing are very common among German students. Here, though the sample is small, it seems to be a little bit less strict in regard to being considered immoral when you don't adhere to these ideals. It is hard for me to predict how that is going to develop among the students here, but after a recent wave of environmentalism in Germany, people’s eagerness might decrease a little in the future. Especially considering the political situation, more students are worried about being active against rising right-wing agendas than focusing on trying to protect the environment anymore. The apps that I am using...

What is your experience of the sharing economy and how do you see it developing in the future?  What sharing apps do you use at present & what do you think their strengths & weaknesses are? Based on the discussions we've had of sharing apps in class and on your discussions with students on campus, are there any apps you haven't yet used that you'd like to explore & perhaps use? Finally, can you imagine how our use of such apps might change in the future? Title your post, 'The Sharing Economy: How I See It -- Your Name' and accompany your post with a relevant image.

  Punching the limit of both upwards and downwards are important to us but we have to know the benefits are different depending on different timescales. About the former, we might not be able to see the result during our lifespan; on the other hand, research about deep-sea water will show quick results. I’d like to address these differences.  Exploring the deep sea will give us benefits in a relatively short term. For example, a useful microbe whose enzyme can degrade toxic compounds like H2S (hydrogen sulfide) exists. Through studying such enzymes, we can develop water purification technology. Deep sea creatures give us insights into withstanding extreme water pressure, ultra-black applied for more developed solar panels, and better sensors underwater. Additionally, on the bottom of the sea, rare metals and earths are found. These facts indicate that the deep sea clearly offers good sources for our future technology.  What about space? Planetary exploration cont...

Write a post in which your respond to the article --  Heights & Depths . Do you think it is important that humankind pushes the limits either "upwards to the stars" or "downwards to the ocean floor" or both? How might doing so improve our lot? On the contrary, if you  don't  think such exploration is a good idea, where do you think funds could be more usefully directed?   Title your post "Heights & Depths: A Response -- Your Name", and illustrate it with a relevant image. In addition, in your post try to incorporate some of the verb-noun and adverb-adjective collocations we explored in class Personally, it is crucial for humankind to persuit  both space and deep ocean. First of all,  our curiosity  is unstopable toward the unknown. It is inevitable for human to give up persueing ambition. Therefore, it's blindingly obvious that there're people who realise a dream to satisfy  your curiosity.

  In my opinion, it is important that humankind pushes the limit either up to the stars or downwards to the ocean floor because this reminds people of the saying that “everything is possible”.   For example, in the past, traveling to the space or to the moon is unrealistic.   However, Musk shows that in order to pursue his ambitions, he established SpaceX and made Space traveling is possible for some groups of people nowadays. In terms of the benefits that people can get from these 2 explorations.  For the space, I think that it is possible for humans to discover new places to live or discover necessary resources that humans need to survive such as water or food because nowadays the Global warming issue has already showed that we experience severe weather more often or in the future, humans could face a lack of vital resources to survive.  In addition, for the ocean discovery, we can discover new species of marine wildlife or plants that could help humans to ad...

  Write a post in which your respond to the article -- Heights & Depths . Do you think it is important that humankind pushes the limits either "upwards to the stars" or "downwards to the ocean floor" or both? How might doing so improve our lot? On the contrary, if you don't think such exploration is a good idea, where do you think funds could be more usefully directed?   Title your post "Heights & Depths: A Response -- Your Name", and illustrate it with a relevant image. In addition, in your post try to incorporate some of the verb-noun and adverb-adjective collocations we explored in class.