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Aussie Plans To Fly From Sydney To London In Plastic-Powered Plane
One of the best targets for some good old-fashioned British whining is always air travel — the discomfort, the long queues, the freakishly cheery staff. But no matter how much you might want to gripe, your journey won’t suck nearly as much as the one this guy wants to fly from Australia to the UK in a Cessna using the contents of a landfill as fuel. Right.
The Navy Wants To Use Seawater For Fuel
Driving around in unfamiliar territory, searching for a gas station while your gauge hovers just above E is maddening and stressful. But imagine experiencing that same feeling while manning a giant aircraft carrier through foreign — and sometimes hostile — seas. To make fuel easier to come by, the US Navy is working on a way to produce it from ocean water.
These Guys Got Inside The Fuel Tank Labyrinth Of A 747 Jumbo Plane
A Boeing 747 can carry 183,380 litres of fuel in a labyrinth of tanks so large that people can actually walk and crawl inside them. Can’t believe it? Just watch.
Watch This Tiny Aerogel Boat Run On One Minuscule Drop Of Ethanol
It doesn’t exactly herald a new era of fossil-fuel free transportation, but this experiment showing a tiny aerogel boat zipping along for almost an hour on a drop of ethanol could lead to new ways of thinking about boat propulsion.
