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...will reduce the weight of the plane 20% Percentage by which the design of the Dreamliner will reduce fuel usage compared to similarly sized planes. But some environmental activists argue that the jet, which is smaller than its Airbus rivals, will result in more overall flights and therefore more air pollution...
...There's something missing, though: shoppers. On a recent Monday afternoon, despite blazing temperatures outside, the only crowd to be found in the air-conditioned expanse of Golden Resources is a gaggle of shopgirls on their breaks. The few customers loitering around appear to be just window-shopping. Nearly half of the mall's original restaurants shut down in the first year after opening. The parking garage's 10,000 spaces host a handful of cars. Xiao Chen, a shoe salesman, states the obvious: business stinks. "Monthly sales here are not as much as a weekly sales in other stores...
...Carnoustie, where the British Open returns on July 19, lies less than 500 yds. (503 m) from an army firing range and some 15 mi. (24 km) from an air force base. Machine-gun fire echoes around the property. Fighter jets roar overhead. On one of the facility's three courses, each hole is named after a historic battle, and on the 157-year-old Championship Course - the longest and most difficult Open venue in Britain - a water-filled ditch zigzags through the course like a World War I trench, and cavernous sand traps dot the landscape like bomb craters...
...Until around 1900, golf was inhibited by Man's fundamental distrust of flight. Golfers believed that the walking game must also be terrestrial, and the best shots were hit low to the ground. This was particularly true in wind-battered Carnoustie, where nothing in the air is safe. In this part of Scotland, where golf has been played since the 1500s, even breeze-hardened seagulls are swept across fairways like errantly sliced golf balls. But the course, with par fours frequently stretching in excess of 450 yds. (411 m), proved too long for the standard earthbound strategy. That...
...offered by the Dreamliner for passengers, airlines and the environment is a winning combo. And a lot of it is thanks to the plane's composite construction. Optimally, the 787 will get 100 miles per gallon per seat, compared to the 76 passenger miles per gallon of a 767. Air filters will reduce the smell of fuel. Relative humidity will be up to about 15%, from the industry average of about 5%. Cabin pressure will be set for a lower, more comfortable altitude, 6,000 ft. down from 8,000 ft. All interior lights will be LED. Windows will...