Word: fleetness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...what if there were a way to tackle both these problems with one policy: to stimulate demand for American cars while making the U.S. auto fleet cleaner, greener and more efficient? It sounds like the kind of slick two-for-one pitch you might hear from a used-car salesman, but that's exactly what proponents of a "cash for clunkers" program are promising. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...standards. Refusing to put a mileage requirement on clunkers means that even relatively efficient cars could be traded in, provided they're at least a decade old. And putting the minimum standard for new cars at 27 m.p.g. means that more than half the cars already in the U.S. fleet would qualify, since the existing federal fuel-efficiency standard is 27.5 m.p.g. for cars. Given that it takes a lot of energy to make a car, junking an old one in favor of a brand-new vehicle that is only marginally more efficient would barely produce any overall oil savings...
Clipping Big Bird's Wings. The last British Airways Concorde aircraft will reportedly be sold to Dubai (along with the Queen Elizabeth 2) as a tourist attraction on Palm Jumeirah. The supersonic BA fleet was grounded six years ago and all the other aircraft were donated to museums, except this last one, which had been stripped for spare parts. That's not the last indignity it will suffer - to get the plane to Dubai via ship, its wings will have to be cut off before loading. Once at its final destination, it will be tarted up and opened for touring...
...have free wi-fi, power outlets and, most importantly for anyone who's taken a bus, extra legroom. The first buses will be rolled out between New York City and Toronto or Montreal, then on the New York City-Boston route. Over the next few years, the entire fleet will be revamped...
...This could escalate violence in this part of the world, no question about it," Vice Admiral William Gortney, commander of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet out of Bahrain, said after Phillips was released. U.S. officials explained their actions saying Phillips' life was in imminent danger when the snipers struck and that they had no other option. They say negotiations with a group of Somali elders had broken down earlier in the day, and that securing Phillips' freedom was the top priority...