Archive for January, 2008
Friday, January 25th, 2008
Delays at the New York airport system and the New York/Philly Airspace are contentious issues for sure. Some people affected by airspace changes are taking matters into their own hands: Check out this article to see what one Philly couple's response is!
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
A Scientific American article with a recent update on where we are with aviation alternative fuels in the US can be found here.
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Just another reason to be a vegetarian! The following is from Scientific American: "If we really want to solve the world greenhouse gas problem, we will all become vegetarians," McCarl says, pointing out that it takes seven pounds of feed to raise a pound of ...
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
The new website, bigthink (YouTube meets academic thought) has an excellent video interview with Richard Branson discussing alternative fuels for his aviation business (and other transportation businesses). He also has a great answer to the question of who would he interview if he had a chance, and what ...
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
After my excitable post about Richard Branson, I just booked a ticket on his airline Virgin America for the first time. I'm excited to try out this new airline, because they are conveniently based at SFO and especially because Branson has pledged $3 billion of his transportation profits to alterative ...
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
The NYTimes has a very encouraging article about the cost of commuting by car and transit ridership.
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Although the Wall Street Journal prints questionable articles about the reality of climate change, they just printed an interesting article on Richard Branson.
I find Branson fascinating and am happy to see someone so high profile focusing on aviation and climate change.
Talking about his well know partnership with Boeing and GE ...
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Atlanta is once again the busiest airport in the nation (and therefore the world) in terms of flights, or one departure and one arrival. The competition to become the busiest airport between Atlanta and Chicago O'Hare (see NYT article, SF Chronicle article) is intense, with many citing flight restrictions at ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Aviation is one step closer to being included in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme as of 2012 according to The Guardian. It has passed the member states and is moving on to the parliament and the legislation is expected to raise costs for the airlines by 13 british pounds ...
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