Lesson Summary. A ballad poem is a type of verse composed in ballad form and attributable to an authorial source. The ability to determine definite authorship is the key difference between these poems and the more traditional folk ballads.
Gasification is a flexible, reliable, and clean energy technology that can turn a variety of low-value feedstocks into high-value products, help reduce our dependence on foreign oil and natural gas, and can provide a clean alternative source of baseload electricity, fertilizers, fuels, and chemicals.
Diversification is an area included in the Ansoff Matrix strategy, where the most risk for a business is situated. This is due to the use of a new product being introduced to a new market, so there are no already existing target markets or competition. There are two types of diversification, vertical and horizontal.