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New Fuel Cost Calculator from AAA Helps
Vacationers Plan
New Fuel Cost Calculator from AAA Helps
Vacationers Plan
06/05/2005 10:54 PMUsing current gasoline prices from AAA's online Fuel Gauge Report, as
well as the latest highway fuel economy ratings from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, the AAA Fuel Cost Calculator
estimates the amount and cost of gasoline needed to complete a
vacation trip.
BA increases fuel cost surcharge
BA increases fuel cost surcharge
08/09/2004 02:10 AMBritish Airways is to more than double its fuel surcharge for
long-haul passengers to meet rising oil costs.
Traffic Responsive Driving Direction Can
Be Your Immediate Answer to High Fuel
Cost And Traffic Congestion Problems
Traffic Responsive Driving Direction Can
Be Your Immediate Answer to High Fuel
Cost And Traffic Congestion Problems
12/24/2004 12:43 PMLos Angeles, CA (12/21/2004): - Traftools through www.routeinform.com
releases Traffic Responsive Driving Directions plus Real-Time Traffic
Maps to serve all nine counties of the San Francisco Bay Area. [PRWEB
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Display and calculate Unicode characters
in Calculator
Display and calculate Unicode characters
in Calculator
09/03/2004 08:46 AMI just discovered a feature of Calculator.app in OS X 10.3 that is not
at all hidden but is little-known judging from a Google search: you
can use Calculator to display any Unicode character if you know its
numeric value, and...
Domain Specialist - The Low Cost Domain
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07/13/2004 03:08 AMThe Low Cost domain specialists have now revealed there latest website
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Dot-Com Fuel
Dot-Com Fuel
05/28/2004 11:07 AMHigher gas prices may be the best thing that ever happened to online
retailers.
PDA Fuel Cells That Keep Going And Going
PDA Fuel Cells That Keep Going And Going
06/22/2004 05:48 AMForbes Jun 22 2004 10:11AM GMT
Fuel Up The X-Wings
Fuel Up The X-Wings
07/29/2004 10:10 AM
The Cassini Space
Probe has photographed a frightening visitor lurking in orbit of
Saturn. NASA is trying to play it
off as the moon Mimas.
Soon after orbital insertion, Cassini returned its best
look yet at the heavily cratered moon Mimas (398 kilometers, 247 miles
across). The enormous crater at the top of this image, named Herschel,
is about 130 kilometers (80 miles) wide and 10 kilometers (6 miles)
deep.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft
narrow angle camera on July 3, 2004, from a distance of 1.7 million
kilometers (1 million miles) from Mimas and at a Sun-Mimas-spacecraft,
or phase angle of about 102 degrees. The image scale is 10 kilometers
(6 miles) per pixel. The image has been magnified by a factor of two
to aid visibility.
I don't buy it. I've seen
that thing before.
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Fuel for the pro-war bl0gs
Fuel for the pro-war bl0gs
07/17/2004 04:21 PMuses the same quote .. Tim Rutten's .. reminds us ..
considers
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Getting Serious About Fuel Cells
Getting Serious About Fuel Cells
08/14/2004 12:51 AMTop Fuel Insanity
Top Fuel Insanity
01/04/2005 06:02 PMI'm posting this from the waiting lounge at my auto dealer where
I've been paging through the latest Motor Trend. This month, they
have a "By the numbers..." section on Top Fuel dragsters (you know,
the long, narrow ones). Some insane statistics:
The average Top Fuel engine puts out 7,500 b.h.p. This is up
from the 3,000 they were putting out 15 years ago when I was in high
school and obsessed with this stuff.
A Top Fueler uses almost 23 gallons of gas for warm-up,
burnout, and a single quarter-mile run. This is 85-percent
nitromethane and 15-percent alcohol and costs about $18 a
gallon.
It takes 900 b.h.p. just to turn the supercharger on top of the
motor. It pushes 45.5 psi of boost. A Porsche 911 Turbo S does about half that.
Top Fuelers go from 0-60 in 0.84 seconds and cover the quarter
mile in about 4.5 seconds.
Craziest stat of all: the exhaust gases shot upwards out of the
headers create 800 lbs. of downforce at full
acceleration.
Someone give me one. It looks like I'd only need about two seconds
to meet God himself.
Fuel for hatred
Fuel for hatred
03/13/2003 10:22 AMUsually, I'm not too eager on giving my opinions on political issues.
Not because I don't have any, but because I usually prefer to keep
political opinions to myself, until I can discuss it face to face with
someone. Yet, I'm going to publicly announce my standing on the Iraq
crisis.
New CEO could fuel Motorola
New CEO could fuel Motorola
12/17/2003 02:45 AMUSA Today Dec 17 2003 2:25AM ET
Fuel cell toy
Fuel cell toy
12/16/2003 12:51 AMCool science toy: a DIY fuel cell car.
Pour in the water and watch it separate into hydrogen and oxygen,
forming a gas to power your vehicle across the floor. Now that we have
your attention, roll up your sleeves and find out more through
experiments and demonstrations you can do on your own, in a classroom
or with friends.
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BA ups fuel surcharge on tickets
BA ups fuel surcharge on tickets
06/24/2005 07:06 PMBritish Airways says high oil prices are forcing it to raise the fuel
surcharge on tickets for the second time this year.
Fuel surcharges increased by BA
Fuel surcharges increased by BA
03/22/2005 04:38 PMBritish Airways increases its fuel surcharge on all tickets to offset
the impact of record oil prices.
A Sweet Way to Fuel Cars
A Sweet Way to Fuel Cars
06/21/2004 01:17 AMNew York Times Jun 21 2004 5:48AM GMT
AM warns of more fuel protests
AM warns of more fuel protests
05/09/2004 05:57 AMA fresh wave of protests against rising fuel prices is possible,
according to one of the men behind the 2000 revolt.
Fuel smuggling crackdown
Fuel smuggling crackdown
06/17/2004 10:03 AMCross-border fuel smugglers are being targeted by agencies from
Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.
More money for fuel cells
More money for fuel cells
08/20/2004 04:23 PMNeah Power Systems, which develops fuel cells for notebooks, raises
$12 million in venture funding.
Fuel tank welcomed
Fuel tank welcomed
01/06/2005 04:59 PMUSA Today Jan 6 2005 8:02PM GMT
Electronic Fuel Injection 11
Electronic Fuel Injection 11
01/19/2004 11:42 AMefi11 moves to SourceForge
Fuel Cell Non-Glory
Fuel Cell Non-Glory
02/17/2004 06:36 PMFor Ballard Power, it's a long road back to the glory days of Y2K.
Fuel Cell Generator
Fuel Cell Generator
01/01/2004 02:39 PM
Spotted on
Kevin Kelly's
Cool Tools:
This generator provides 1,000 watts of 120 volts AC with no noise and
no emissions, so that it can be used indoors. It uses Ballard's fuel
cell technology for this silence and cleanliness. You need either
tanks of industrial hydrogen or commercial metal hydride canisters to
power it. Might be useful for mission critical power in clean rooms,
medical operations, or in places where quiet is also essential.
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Where's My Micro Fuel Cell?
Where's My Micro Fuel Cell?
05/27/2004 09:34 AMFuel Cell companies have been promising commercially available micro
fuel cells for years. Robot builders have been
anxiously awaiting them as an alternative to short-lived, expensive
batteries. So where are they? According to a new smalltimes
article, they've been plagued with performance and cost problems.
Two companies claim they're getting close and, (suprise) are promising
commercially available micro fuel cells shortly. Medis Technologies,
Ltd
claims they'll ship a micro fuel cell
aimed at cell phones and digital cameras by the end of this year. The
downside to the Medis cell is its use of a proprietary glycerol fuel
instead of hydrogen or methanol. MTI Micro claims
they'll ship a more conventional methanol fuel cell this year but for
the industrial RFID reader market rather than consumer devices. Lack
of
pricing information has some analysts concerned cost may
still be an issue and that the companies are rushing a product to
market
just
to prove they can do so before their funding runs out.
Four die in Lebanon fuel protest
Four die in Lebanon fuel protest
05/27/2004 12:15 PMTroops kill four people in a clash with protesters in Beirut as a
strike over high fuel prices grips Lebanon.
Yet more fuel cell news
Yet more fuel cell news
06/23/2004 05:25 PMMTI Micro announces a fuel cell advance which provides power and size
rivaling Li-ion batteries. Also, research into glucose based fuel
cells could provide power on the cheap from Matrix inspired sources.
Burning jet fuel while going nowhere
over Richmond, VA
Burning jet fuel while going nowhere
over Richmond, VA
03/29/2005 09:25 AMToday was my first day flying "Sky 12", Richmond, Virginia's only
traffic helicopter. Sky 12 is a Bell 206 Jet Ranger that has
been fitted with a Wescam gyro-stabilized camera mount and a microwave
link back to the TV station. Normally the helicopter is operated
by a single pilot who simultaneously talks to the TV news producer,
aims the camera, and positions the aircraft. However, for $125
per hour the contractor, HeloAir, sells the right seat to rated
helicopter pilots who want to build 206 time or, like me, just have
some fun. The left seat is occupied by an expert with thousands of
flying hours, a flight instructor's rating, and years of experience
doing TV work. This morning it was Alisa, one of only a few hundred
female commercial helicopter pilots in the U.S. [Young female readers:
this is a great career for a woman because there is a certain amount
of preferential hiring on the basis of sex and employers want pilots
who are as light as possible so that they can fill the rest of the
ship with equipment or passengers (just don't expect to earn more than
$60,000/year and much much less for the first five years)].
Starting a turbine engine is more complex and fraught with
potential for expensive damage than starting a piston engine.
You begin by holding down the starter button and holding it until the
turbine has been spun up to about 15%. Then you roll the
throttle to flight idle, which introduces fuel into the turbine.
You continue holding the starter button down until the turbine has
reached 60%, at which point turning, burning and cooling become
self-sustaining. If at any time the turbine outlet temperature
goes into the red, indicating a "hot start", you must roll the
throttle back to "off" to take the fuel out of the system while again
keeping the turbine rotating with the starter so that it gets cooling
air.
Once started we lifted off from the ramp and climbed to 1200' to
circle downtown Richmond and await instructions from the station. Upon
being told to film a particular bridge we would try to approach it so
that we were heading into the wind. Then we brought the
helicopter to an "out of ground effect" (mid-air) hover, with the
airspeed coming down below 30 knots. Remember that we were into
the wind so even if we weren't moving over the ground we were still
flying forward through the air to some extent. This maneuver
violates every principle that I had been taught in the light piston
Robinson R22 during training. The R22 has almost no inertia in
the rotor system. If the engine quits the blades will spin down
dangerously slow within about 1 second. You must immediately
lower the collective to begin gliding but also usually pull back on
the cyclic to transfer some of the forward speed energy into higher
blade RPM. If you didn't have any forward airspeed to perform
that flare the blades potentially could spin down below about 83% in
which case you fall like a rock and can't recover without restarting
the engine. The Bell 206, by contrast, has a lot more inertia in
the engine, spinning at 30,000 RPM, and the heavy rotor blades.
In the unlikely event that the engine were to quit there would be
plenty of time to notice, react, lower the collective, and push the
cyclic forward to regain airspeed to be used at the end of an
autorotation the ground.
The Jet Ranger is mostly easier to fly than the R22 because it is
so much heavier and therefore more stable. Transitioning pilots
will need to get used to a bit of lag after power adjustments are
requested, watching the ball instead of yaw strings and using more
anti-torque pedal in general, and the lack of feedback from the cyclic
due to the hydraulic boosting.
One thing that I loved about the Jet Ranger was the lack of
vibration in the ship overall and in the cyclic. Some R22s feel
like they are about to come apart and, even if you aren't worried, the
vibration is fatiguing. Whether that smoothness is worth an
extra $500 per hour is another question...
Don't Bet on Fuel Cells, Manufacturer
Says
Don't Bet on Fuel Cells, Manufacturer
Says
01/23/2004 02:25 PMNo Improvement On Fuel Economy
No Improvement On Fuel Economy
04/29/2004 11:50 AMCBS News Apr 29 2004 3:11PM GMT
Fuel Cells for the Masses?
Fuel Cells for the Masses?
06/22/2004 01:45 PMA PDA and cell-phone fuel cell is ready for the mass market.
Fuel protester on UKIP shortlist
Fuel protester on UKIP shortlist
08/11/2004 03:04 AMOne of the leaders of 2000's fuel protests is on a shortlist of three
to fight the Hartlepool by-election for the UK Independence Party.
Oil prices fuel UK inflation rate
Oil prices fuel UK inflation rate
06/15/2004 04:59 AMUK consumer price inflation rose to 1.5% in May as soaring oil prices
took their toll on transport costs.
Flashy, Targeted Ads Fuel Boom
Flashy, Targeted Ads Fuel Boom
04/28/2004 05:58 AMSpending on Internet advertising is reaching rates last seen during
the dot-com bubble. But advertisers are getting picky about where they
put their money, increasingly opting for pared-down keyword ads or
eye-catching animated spots. By Joanna Glasner.
Alcohol Fuel Cell Goes Micro
Alcohol Fuel Cell Goes Micro
12/19/2004 03:41 PMThere’s a lot of energy in ethanol, which is non-toxic and can
be made cheaply from corn. Researchers from Saint Louis University,
who earlier this year developed a fuel cell using enzymes to generate
electricity from ethanol, have built a microchip-based version of the
device. The trick to constructing the biofuel cell was creating a
sheltered environment for the enzymes, which are fairly sensitive. The
researchers coated the carbon anode, or positive electrode, of
the…
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Heathrow fuel strike is suspended
Heathrow fuel strike is suspended
09/24/2004 06:05 PMA 48-hour strike by fuel workers at Heathrow airport has been
suspended, but a Gatwick strike is still going ahead on Saturday.
City prepares for fuel protest
City prepares for fuel protest
06/05/2004 05:51 AMThe UK's only planned demonstration against rising fuel prices is due
to take place in Cardiff.
Fuel protesters head for Cardiff
Fuel protesters head for Cardiff
06/04/2004 11:39 PMLorries and coaches are expected to take part in a protest in Cardiff
to demand lower fuel prices.
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