Word: engineeer
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Ontario, the industrial heartland of Canada and the home of Detroit North [its Detroit-allied auto industry], used to be considered the nation's growth engine. Now, it's become a have-not province eligible for federal transfer payments - money in part underwritten by oil-rich Newfoundland. It's an...
As China rapidly becomes the world's workshop, supplying everything from Thomas the Tank Engine toys to computer chips to blood thinners, the world is coming to understand what Chinese citizens have known for quite a while. The country's growth--and intense competition among manufacturers in industry after industry...
But there is one proposal that teams are not prepared to accept: the FIA's suggestion that all cars use an identical engine built by a single manufacturer. The idea, backed by FIA President Max Mosley, has drawn fierce criticism, with Ferrari arguing that it would undermine the sport's...
Even for smaller teams that might benefit, using a single engine supplier is probably a step too far. Horner of Red Bull, owned by the energy-drinks company, says racing with a standardized engine might be "no bad thing" for a team like his. But he says it's not...
Problem is, the essential issue addressed by clean-tech development has less to do with the economy than with climate change, dependence on foreign oil and energy waste - all long-term threats. If green tech will be to the 21st century what high tech was to the last, then this...