Hundreds of ‘high flyer’ passengers were stranded at Stan-sted and John F Kennedy airports because Eos – the premium airline that flew between London and New York – filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection (May 6th); this appears to signal the end of cut-price executive-only flights across the Atlantic. The grounding of Eos follows the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'transport'
High Flyers to Mix with Commoners
May 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Jevons Paradox
May 4th, 2008 · No Comments
In research for the Garnaut Climate Change Review, Melbourne, University’s Dr Paul Mees used Australian Bureau of Statistics figures to show that fuel efficiency has remained practically unchanged since 1963. In that year – the first date efficiency was recorded by the Federal Government – the average Australian car used 11.4 litres of petrol to [...]
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Going Green Pushing Us Over The Edge
April 20th, 2008 · No Comments
The British Government’s Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) came into operation this April. One car tank of biofuel needs as much grain as it takes to feed an African for a year; or one-third of American grain production is now subsidised for conversion into biofuel. United Nations food expert Jean Ziegler screamed for it to [...]
Airbuses falling like Flies …
April 8th, 2008 · No Comments
April 5 (Bloomberg) — Skybus Airlines Inc., a U.S. low- fare carrier that started operations less than a year ago, stopped service today, the third airline to shut down this week as fuel costs soared and the economy slowed. The closely held, Columbus, Ohio-based airline began offering service May 22 with some tickets as low [...]