Green Options » aeroplanes http://greenoptions.com/tag/aeroplanes Posts tagged 'aeroplanes' Wed, 21 May 2008 14:05:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en SAS Cuts Emissions by Flying Slower http://ecoworldly.com/2008/05/21/sas-cuts-emissions-by-flying-slower/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/05/21/sas-cuts-emissions-by-flying-slower/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 14:05:43 +0000 Pem Charnley http://ecoworldly.com/2008/05/21/sas-cuts-emissions-by-flying-slower/ dog.jpg

SAS flies slower to save fuel and lower carbon emissions.

Well, when I read this headline, conflicting views sprang to mind.

Firstly of course, being an Englishman with no sense of irony, I immediately leapt to my feet and saluted my queen and her armed forces.

Then I faltered slightly, and thought, if a crack team of SAS marines were being air dropped into some war-torn despotic state, surely, speed is of the essence, to ensure that the paras can be in and out again with time for a cup of tea a mere hours later.

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