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...technology has been around for how many years now? Yet its percentage of total vehicle sales is around 3%. It takes a very long time for these technologies to make inroads. We laud the Obama Administration's objective of wanting to get us to a point where we have lower emissions and lower fuel consumption. What we are less comfortable with is that they want to pick technology. Let the guys who actually understand these technologies get on with finding the solution...
...Clean-diesel technology represents an immediate technological leap - you immediately, very significantly, reduce fuel consumption and emissions. Biodiesel, too, could get you very close to the point where you can have a neutral carbon footprint. This can all be attained in a relatively shorter space of time, and at lower costs, than waiting 20 years-plus until we get our act together with electric cars. I should say, though, that hybrids are important. It is not diesel vs. hybrid - they are complementary technologies. We, too, will be producing hybrids - diesel ones...
...study, say their findings are largely in line with the growing body of data on the worldwide pandemic flu, confirming, for instance, that the 2009 H1N1 flu disproportionately affects younger patients. The California research team found that the median age of hospitalized H1N1 patients was 27, much lower than the median age of seasonal-flu sufferers. (See what you need to know about the H1N1 vaccine...
...because this is not a trend with seasonal influenza in the limited studies that have been done in that area," says Louie. "It may be that H1N1 does cause more aggressive viral pneumonia, and some pathologic studies suggest this [H1N1] virus does have an affinity for receptors in the lower lung, but nobody really knows...
...helping the squad to solid performances across the board. In the A division, Palmer led his boat to a fifth-place showing, pairing primarily with senior Winston Yan on Saturday before junior Grace Charles took over as crew on Sunday. The second duo notched four top-five finishes to lower the boat score to 148 points...