"Back To The Future" is an article from San Jose's Mercury news online database. This particular article is about a car in the works in San Jose based Magnetic Air Cars Inc. This futuristic type car, rather than running on gasoline, runs on compressed air. Though this car is still online a prototype, it is a very fascinating and almost too good to be true thing to come to fruition. The article's title back to the future is what drew me to the essay, because I figured that it must’ve been referring to something in the future. The essay/article about this car is straight forward in a sense that it just gives some information on the car. But I can see where some of the aspects of chapter 14 of compose, design, and advocate (CDA) come in.
The title is a sort of a play on words which sets you up to read view the rest with an open mind. The article initially gives you the sense that you are reading something that is just an idea and is far from anything we are capable of technology wise in today’s age, but it was not the case because it states that this car is already reaching testing phases. And as chapter 14 in CDA states: “essays are highly cultural objects”, and we can understand essays because of the day and age we live in. I think this article is very interesting, because not only is it relevant to San Jose, but this project is definitely relevant to our planet’s future. Because the car runs on a silicon salt battery, which is better than the acid ones we use now, and compressed air. If something as cool and world changing as this could become a reality before 2010 I would be amazed, as the article boasted. Hopefully one day something as revolutionary as this will be possible.
Interesting article, clear analysis. And, that is a pretty sweet looking car! I thought it would look boxy and small, but it looked very sleek. Did you see that Ariella also posted about cars of the future in San Jose -- check out her post (and my response) at http://ariellatraficantesblog.blogspot.com
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