Thursday, August 28, 2008
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U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama and U.S. Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden stand together on day three of the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center August 27, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images.
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by Stephen, August 22, 06:33AM
on The end of air travel as we know it
Your guest pointed out that, while fuel-efficient and clean automobile technologies are well on their way towards the market, there are no promising such technologies for the airline industry. One such technology that nobody seems to have mentioned is "lighter-than-air", i.e. dirigibles, a technology that's been around for a hundred years and is considerably cleaner and more fuel-efficient than getting lift from an airfoil. Its main disadvantage is travel speed.
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by Rick Evans, August 26, 07:25AM
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