It's another sweltering day in what might become the warmest summer on record. For your consideration something of a time capsule to look back on and hopefully to learn from.
First we travel down to the Gulf of Mexico where the BP oil leak has most likely changed the lives of one Cajun family forever. Titled Oil and Water.
In the wake of the oil spill, O'Neil and Samantha Sevin struggle to preserve their Cajun livelihood and culture. http://www.newslook.com/...
In NYC a family has chosen a mode of transportation in the concrete jungle to fit the times and lower their global footprint. The Family Car(go) Bike Kelly Craig and her daughters ride their cargo hauling tricycle instead of taking their car, a taxi or the subway. http://www.newslook.com/...
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner recently made its maiden flight. Boeing explains why passengers, airlines and green campaigners are going to be excited by the 787 http://www.newslook.com/...
Here’s more background on the plane which supposedly is bringing a touch of green to the wild blue yonder.
The September 11, 2001 attacks upended the global airline market. Airlines could not justify large capital expenditures, and increased petroleum prices made them more interested in efficiency than speed. The worst-affected airlines, those in the United States, were considered the most likely customers of the Sonic Cruiser. Boeing offered airlines the option of using the airframe for either higher speed or increased efficiency, but the high projected airframe costs caused demand to slacken further. Then the company officially canceled the Sonic Cruiser on December 20, 2002, and switched tracks by announcing an alternative product, the 7E7, on January 29, 2003, naming the executives to run the new jetliner program. The emphasis on a smaller midsize twinjet rather than a large 747-size aircraft represented a shift from hub-and-spoke theory towards the point-to-point theory, in response to analysis of focus groups.