Like airline food and airport security, the cabin air in jetliners is something we love to hate. It's so dry it can make throats itch and eyes water. It's so low in oxygen that it can induce headaches or dizziness or it can make us tired.
With prices like these, maybe it's time to put some hard thought into what we could be filling up with. The Iranians say they have a solar-powered car. Engineers in the U.S. and Europe say they have tried hydrogen. But, how about air? CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar reports.
Like airline food and airport security, the cabin air in jetliners is something we love to hate. Airplane maker Boeing heard all those gripes and is promising to do something about them. After much research, it set out to build a more comfortable cabin air system for its 787 Dreamliner.
Cairo, Egypt (PRWEB) October 31, 2006 -- While much of the world groans under the strain of high oil prices and seeks means of reducing dependence on Middle Eastern oil, a quiet revolution is underway within the Middle East to achieve the same objective.
As usual, the first week will be suffered mainly by the fans as we sit through hours of tv watching the bunch roll across flat and often bleak northern France, only to end in a bunch sprint. The first real gc shakedown finally appears on stage 7 – one full week after the race started in London.
MIT researchers are developing a half-sized gasoline engine that performs like its full-sized cousin but offers fuel efficiency approaching that of today's hybrid engine system -- at a far lower cost. The key? Carefully controlled injection of ethanol, an increasingly common biofuel, directly into the engine's cylinders when there's a hill to be climbed or a car to be passed.
Gas prices have been dropping lately -- but that isn't stopping people from researching alternative fuels. A really promising project is moving forward in France.
THE bid to make the country’s air cleaner just suffered a blow. Voting unanimously, the Supreme Court’s (SC) 4th Division dismissed a petition for two transportation offices to have public utility vehicles (PUVs) run on compressed natural gas (CNG).
With prices like these, maybe it's time to put some hard thought into what we could be filling up with. The Iranians say they have a solar-powered car. Engineers in the U.S. and Europe say they have tried hydrogen. But, how about air? CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar reports. CBS News Interactive: Alternative Energy