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...Minister of Constitutional Affairs - he remains the most consistently popular Prime Minister since the 1960s. But at the risk of offering one of those gloomy prognoses he is so good at confounding, I would argue that Blair has reached the apogee of his premiership. He isn't out of fuel, but he is beginning his descent, heading toward a legacy substantially less than might be expected from an energetic, skilled leader with a huge parliamentary majority. The big forces constraining Blair's future are evident in the minicrises that have recently dogged him. After years of complex, elegant waffling over...
...replace older stock. That not only helps with safety and the perception of safety but also is good for the books, at least in the long run. While new Boeing 717s cost $37 million each on the front end, AirTran CEO Joe Leonard says they burn 24% less fuel than AirTran's remaining DC-9s and thus cost $500 an hour less to operate...
...sized installations within the next five years, the cost of producing electricity for the national grid would be about €.05 per kilowatt - slightly more than gas or coal at current prices, but about the same as wind power. Perhaps the tide is finally starting to turn on fossil fuel consumption...
...falls short of immaculate. The old, large cooling towers, which look like nuclear power plants, spoil the view for kilometers around, and the energy production leaves a sulfuric smell in the air. Still, it is safe compared to nuclear power, hardly pollutes the air, and doesn't consume fossil fuel. A new generation of plants with sleeker design, and chemists' efforts to reduce the odor problem, may help. For Enel, which is among the world leaders in renewable energy, sights are now set beneath the surface for steam generation in such far-flung locations as Bolivia, Tibet, the Philippines...
...very large constituency of Iraqis with little stake in the success of the new order. They're angry and humiliated, have a history of organization, military training and access to weapons. Senior Baathists who have eluded capture reportedly have access to significant amounts of cash that could help fuel an insurgency, and there's considerable hostility towards U.S. forces among the local population in the predominantly Sunni areas north and west of the capital. U.S. officials are hoping that the gradual restoring services and normality will blunt the anger - and they're planning to beef up their military presence...