Tag: Air Travel - Page 4
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Southwest Airlines Announces More Energy-Efficient Landings
Southwest Airlines is changing its landing procedures in the hopes of reducing emissions, delays, and of course, costs. The move is driven in part by changes mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration that
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Airline to Launch Massive Biojet Fuel-from-Waste Project
British Airways is already working on a goal of running planes on 10% made-from-waste biofuel, Air New Zealand has a goal of using one million barrels of sustainable biofuels by 2013, and
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Airplanes = Largest Source of Lead Air Emissions
Get on a small plane, and carbon emissions aren't the only environmental problem to think about. Aviation fuel is the largest source of lead emissions, and Friends of the Earth is calling on the EPA to get it under
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If We Build High Speed Rail, Will People Use It?
Is high-speed rail a good investment for Americans? That is what most leaders, political figures and advocates try to answer the majority of the time. Yet, that may be the wrong question. A better question is: would
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France Gets a Foretaste of a World After Peak Oil
"It's like apocalypse time," to quote a friend, on the situation in France. While much of the world ponders what can be done to avoid peak oil, instability of our transportation systems, and breakdowns of national security, France is
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How To Offset Half of All Airline Carbon Emissions With Human Urine (Video)
Our de facto senior humanure correspondent, Sami Grover, has written a number of times on how we've both created a huge mess by mixing our excrement with water in sewage systems and Ihow we're flushing down the toilet an amazingly useful and valuable
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Student Makes History with First Ever Human-Powered Ornithopter Flight
Photo via Todd Reichert A Canadian university student has done what Leonardo da Vinci had only dreamt of: piloted a human-powered "wing-flapping" plane! Called an ornithopter, and the inspiration for modern day helicopters, the machine was first sketched
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Ryanair Boss: Scientists Have "Nearly Always Been Wrong"
Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary may come close to rivaling arch-climate skeptic Lord Monckton when it comes to craziness. Having ranted and raved about eco-loonies in the past, he's now laying firmly into the scientific
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So Why Can't We Bother to Buy Carbon Offsets for Our Flights?
If you buy a carbon offset for the flights you take, you're in a small minority--at least according to a new survey by the UK Civil Aviation Authority carried out at Stansted airport last September. As reported by The
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Wretched Excess Dept: The Interiors of Private Jets
We do go on that flying is dying, and have complained before about the carbon footprint of private jets. We often complain about ostentatious monster homes. But I have never seen anything like a slideshow in the Telegraph of the interiors of the
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6 Incredible Low-Carbon Airships: From Concepts to Reality
As Lloyd reported a while back, Zeppelins are back—and not without good reason. Silent, stylish and low-carbon, many of us who fly regularly have been dreaming of the day when airships will once again grace the skies. (When
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Should The Galapagos Be Taken Off The Endangered Sites List?
Yesterday Brian wrote Galapagos Islands Moved Off Endangered Sites List, concluding:
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There's No Recession in the New York Times Homes Section
The rich are different from you and me; they read the New York Times Home and Garden section on Thursdays, and don't seem to know that there is a recession. But they are beginning to deal with the concept of living with less,
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Protesters Who Occupied Runway Prepare to Stand Trial
When anti-aviation activists stormed Aberdeen airport for a game of putt-putt (mini-golf in the UK), one commenter pointed out that they would have been shot on sight in the US. The same group had previously occupied the roof
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Micro Hotel Pods for Passengers Who Need a Break (or Something More)
Airports aren't very restful or a lot of fun, particularly when you have a long layover. Enter Dream & Fly: they offer "small luxury rooms with a complete bathroom, offering a new type of comfort, reduced to the essential, and at low cost prices."
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Australia Developing the World's First Biofuel Capable Helicopter
Earlier this year, our transport editor, Mike, pondered the concept of diesel helicopters. Well, they may be closer than he thought. Delta Helicopters of Queensland, Australia, are already prepping their Delta D2
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Milan Furniture Fair 2010: "Eruption" Blanket Predicted Volcano Woes in 2005
I can't get over this blanket by Icelandic knitting factory Vík Prjónsdóttir shown at the Milan Furniture Fair last week. Yes, they
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I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here
Now that the planes are flying and the Royal Navy is on the seas, it's time for a bit of fun... Everyone gets a perverse enjoyment out of seeing the rich and pampered reduced to travelling steerage and the air shut down was a
