Every engineer’s dream of “keeping it simple” is not an option when building any Navy combat ship, much less a behemoth like these new aircraft carriers.
The documentaries are a reminder of the speed of change in a country that went from poverty and starvation to the second largest economy in the world today.
This is the story of the energy the world uses, the energy the world needs if it is to accomplish the goals of green economies, and the reduction if not the elimination of greenhouse gases.
In all cases, not just the North Atlantic routes to Europe, airlines are reporting record bookings. This not only means full flights but increasing prices for already-high air fares.
"We knew the morons were in the overwhelming majority. But…we felt more or less sure that they would be held in check. We moved among them with the same unconcern with which visitors to a modern cageless zoo walk past the beasts of prey, confident that its ditches and hedges have been carefully calculated.”