We could build a better "MkII" buggy based on what we learnt: a two-seater with more fuel capacity.
Boeing's website notes that such planes can carry between 155 and 172 passengers, cover up to 2, 504 nautical miles and have a fuel capacity of 7, 000 gallons.
The Wendelstein 7-AS, a tiddler with a fuel capacity of but a single cubic metre, was built by the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics at Garching, Germany, and operated from 1988 to 2002.
The U.S. Department of Energy said about 26% of the Northeast's fuel-making capacity, nearly all in the area affected by Sandy, remained off line.
The fact is, both companies and consumers have the financial capacity to fuel an even more vigorous economic expansion.
Exelon's Rowe estimates that electricity prices will increase by at least 15 cents per kilowatt-hour, due to upward pressure on the need for new capacity, fuel prices and capital and labor costs.
The aircraft have more capacity and greater fuel efficiency than the 737s they will replace.
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Struggling travel group Thomas Cook has reported widening annual losses due to reduced capacity and higher fuel costs.
But the DECC report, compiled by consultants Deloitte, concluded that UK retail sector had "more than enough capacity to meet fuel supply shocks until contingency measures can be put in place".
Delta has been consistent in taking initiatives to adjust to the weaker macroeconomic outlook including the new high fuel environment by aligning revenue, capacity and cost structure to build a sustainable business model.
Their increased capacity reduces collection trips, fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions by 80%.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) says the UK still has "more than enough capacity" to withstand future fuel shortages.
INB's fuel- production line, which has capacity for more than two stations.
In a report published by The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Rubin, who has been awarded the Israel Defense Prize and oversaw the development of Israel's Arrow missile defense system, concludes that Iran today has the capacity to develop solid-fuel-based intermediate ballistic missiles with a range of 3, 600 kilometers.
The extensive exploration costs incurred by these companies annually is targeted at ensuring enough reserve capacity to cater to the global fuel demand.
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By 1974 the refinery had increased its capacity by half and was supplying fuel to the Air Force, Union Pacific Railroad and some 1, 000 service stations in and around the Rockies.
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Oil accounts for some 80% of Nigeria's state revenues but after years of corruption and mismanagement, it has hardly any capacity to refine crude oil into fuel, which has to be imported.
Profit potential is highest in California, which has the tightest refinery capacity and the most stringent clean-fuel regulations in the country.
They'll be pushed up by higher fuel input costs, the cost of renewing generating capacity and subsidies to renewables in some countries.
According to Ford and Toyota, the jointly-developed new hybrid powertrain will offer better fuel efficiency while offering the same capabilities like towing capacity expected of a regular gas-powered truck.
Houston-based Continental Airlines (nyse: CAL - news - people ) announced Thursday it would cut 3, 000 jobs and reduce capacity by 11% because of record fuel costs that have pushed the industry into its worst crisis since Sept. 11, 2001.
The major benefits are avoided fuel use, reduced line losses, and reduced generation capacity requirements.
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That is presuming that the Iranian claim to have the capacity to produce in abundance the higher-grade fuel is correct.
He said the UK needed a mix of renewables, new nuclear and fossil fuel energy as "a large slice of our current generating capacity shuts down".
Rising demand in China (and other emerging economies, such as India) is likely to keep fuel prices high for the foreseeable future, because global spare capacity is currently tight.
Higher fuel prices were offset by cost control efforts, an increase in capacity and revenue yields that turned positive for the first time since late 2008, Arison commented.
Cathay has taken various steps in recent months, including offering unpaid leave to its cabin crew, reducing capacity on some long-haul flights and retiring less fuel-efficient planes, in an attempt to cut its costs.
And I think that tells you that the way to insulate ourselves, the way to insulate the American people from these kind of price shocks, is to increase our energy independence, to reduce our reliance on foreign oil, to increase our capacity for alternative energy production as well as traditional fossil fuel production.
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