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Dream big! Designer thinks about huge zero-emission planes

Paul Heymont ·
Imagine a triple-decker plane that could carry 800 passengers, made almost no noise, and generated much of its own power in flight. Barcelona designer Oscar Vinals is working on that vision, and while much of it depends on whether technologies just...
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Air pollution: In the air, and inside planes

Paul Heymont ·
How much do these engines affect the air inside and outside the plane?        Photo: Julian Herzog / Wikimedia   Air pollution issues are in the news for air travel lately. A British union of airline workers is preparing a...
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Why the airlines are rushing to alternative fuels

Paul Heymont ·
Got to feed the hungry baby: growing air traffic means higher fuel usage.   You may have noticed a number of announcements and articlse in recent weeks about airlines signing deals with producers of biofuels–fuels made from plants, from...
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Re: Dream big! Designer thinks about huge zero-emission planes

DrFumblefinger ·
If only that plane could also take us to the moon, then all my dreams would have come true. PHeymont, you and I will never see anything like this in our lifetimes. But I like dreamers and maybe in time technology will take us there.
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Re: Dream big! Designer thinks about huge zero-emission planes

GarryRF ·
I couldn't sleep on a plane like that. The fear of hitting a storm and having to turn off all the lights to conserve energy. Or being stuck in Atlanta - again - waiting for days for the bad weather to clear - to charge the batteries.
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Copenhagen (Bike City) to try a car-free day

Paul Heymont ·
Copenhagen, long considered one of the best cities in the world for cyclists, nonetheless has an air-quality problem that often puts it over EU standards.
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