What sort of fuel does it use?  Germans take delivery of high-altitude research jet :

Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany - German scientists took delivery Saturday of a high-altitude research jet which can be used to study the high atmosphere and climate change. Gulfstream of Savannah, Georgia customized a 19-seat G 550 business jet for Germany so that it can reach an altitude of 15,500 metres to study air pollution.

We should be outraged over travel expenses - The Sault Star - Ontario, CA

The Star said its investigation found spending by ministers, political staff and bureaucrats to be far from the frugal image of the Harper government.

"Some federal travellers can't seem to get to London, England, for less than $6,000, even though economy seats were available for $1,000 to $2,000," the Star said. "In our analysis of 60,000 travel records over four years, we found $18,000 flights to Australia, $7,000 flights to Paris, $11,000 flights to Indonesia and $8,000 flights to Switzerland.

"By contrast, travel surveys show businesses are reducing costs by choosing more economical flights."

The Star said at least one provincial government has followed suit. The Alberta environment minister and an aide spent $3,200 each to fly to Bali for a United Nations conference on climate change. Former federal environment minister John Baird spent $10,920 for a flight to the same conference. Add in three political aides and two bureaucrats at similar rates and the total airfare cost to the Canadian taxpayer was $61,000.

The Star said it found that Harper's ministers often travel with a large entourage at high cost.

Don't let fear of gobal warming hinder progress | lancastereaglegazette.com

One wonders if we proceed on the assumption that our technology is causing global warming, and pass laws accordingly, how many future technological pacesetters will be stifled by unnecessarily stringent environmental regulations.

Had today's overzealous environmentalist been around at the inception of the automobile, would the model "T" ever have existed at all? To its credit, the "T" had a very clean-burning power plant, with its long-stroke and low compression ratio, and manual spark advance control.

Do we really want regulations based on unproven assumptions that might do serious damage to technological progress in our future?