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...APEC is, after all, a big player: its members account for about 60% of global carbon emissions, more than all the countries that have agreed to take action under Kyoto. Many of those members are developing nations, with mushrooming emissions and, under Kyoto, no obligation to limit them. "If we could get all 21 economies to agree to make some kind of a contribution to address the issue," Downer says, "it would be a very big step forward." Alan Oxley, chairman of the Australian APEC Study Center at Monash University, agrees. "The Chinese will not accept the sort of regulation...
...fashioned the Dreamliner into something that beleaguered airlines and their passengers might actually enjoy. Analysts say the 787 might be the first plane that passengers actually choose to fly because of new interior amenities, such as more pressurization, more humidity, bigger windows, more room as well as a lower carbon footprint per seat. That hits a sweet spot with airlines when coupled with savings in operations and maintenance costs...
Technically, a key selling point is the use of carbon-fiber composites in 50% of the Dreamliner by weight (80% by volume), adding to the new jet's reputation as a "game changer." Carbon-reinforced plastic in places such as the wings, fuselage and floorboards not only makes the aircraft lighter--and reduces fuel consumption--but also provides the opportunity to change systems integration, rework maintenance programs, overhaul cabin interiors and upgrade aerodynamic performance. Boeing is working with the world's largest producer of carbon fiber, Tokyo-based Toray Industries, which is still fine-tuning its mass production (this...
NANOTECHNOLOGY The size of a stamp, this "paper battery" gets juice from tiny atoms known as carbon nanotubes that are dunked in liquid electrolytes to help conduct power...
...nimble, bouncing animal like a kangaroo is different from creating a limb for a plodding one like an elephant. When Stumpy the kangaroo lost her hind leg, surgeons designed a prosthetic foot--held in place by a traditional stump and socket--that is made of carbon fiber, which has the ability to spring back to its original shape after it is bent. This same technique is often used to make prostheses for human runners, like the ones designed for the famous double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius. "Carbon fibers have a shape that will always come back," says Rick Nitsch...