A new wave of air planes???
This is interesting I read this article on GreenBiz.com about how they are researching a way to reduce airplane emission by emulating "tiny ridges found on sharks' bodies, which can reduce skin-friction drag by about 5 percent. But Lockerby's team thinks the micro-jet system could end up reducing skin friction drag by as much as 40 percent."
This is a huge step in finding a way to reduce greenhouse gasses from airplanes. This would make flying way cheaper and use less gas. By boyfriends day is an airplane pilot and he said that it takes 10,000 gallons of gasoline to fly an airplane from Minnesota to Amsterdam.
Researchers believe they can have the new wings made by 2012. "The United Kingdom's air industry has set a goal of reducing its emissions per passenger by 50 percent in 2020"! Thats amazing, the US needs to step up their game!
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