Word: fueled
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...Ballard and two younger partners, engineer Paul Howard and electrochemist Keith Prater, changed course, winning a contract from the Canadian military to research a more exotic form of power. Fuel cells had been around for 150 years and were used in the Gemini space program but were thought to be too expensive for any practical use. As Ballard's team began to make the cells lighter, smaller and thus cheaper, it realized that the technology could eventually be used in vehicles...
...attain about double the gas mileage of an ordinary auto. General Motors recently finished its first good electric car, the EV1, although it requires frequent recharging due to its limited range. DaimlerChrysler, taking advantage of research of both its German and American branches, leads the way in developing fuel cell engines--engines which use hydrogen gas as fuel and could produce little more than water as waste. These projects, although showing far more promise than ever before, remain on the fringe of the notoriously conservative auto industry because of the low demand that coincides with low gas prices...
...charges have added fuel to the fire of three city councillors, who have been trying to remove Healy since...
PILOT DISCORD ON NO. 111? When Swissair flight 111 crashed off Nova Scotia last fall, many experts were surprised that the pilots turned out to sea to dump fuel--a standard emergency tack but one that may have given the plane's suspected wiring problem enough time to force the craft down. Last week the Wall Street Journal reported that a preliminary summary of a cockpit recording showed that co-pilot Stefan Lowe suggested landing immediately but was overruled repeatedly by Captain Urs Zimmermann, who focused on the procedural checklist...
...around being stalked, if you feel that is indeed a problem. Use a POP client such as Eudora Pro or Outlook that collects your e-mail and brings it directly to your machine. That way, you can still read your e-mail without logging in and giving fuel to stalkers. But please don't set a precedent of disabling useful commands systemwide and placing undue burden on legitimate users. DEBORAH J. ABEL...