But whereas advanced biofuels and nuclear fusion can still make a fair claim to the title, hydrogen fuel cells will become a fuel of the present in 2015.
Joe Root has a fair claim on the title of England's best one-day batsman; not just on the stats but for his breathtakingly high-craft combination of balance, skill, innovation and other gears.
The puzzlement is "fair enough" (title of the column by the immortal Westbrook Pegler).
And to be fair, the title, "Reforming the Commission", is straightforward enough.Even the chapter headings make recognisable sense.
Instead of hollering "Play ball!" at the start of the game, this umpire shouted "Play fair!" Keep Title IX; eliminate proportionality.
"The Conscience of a Conservative" was on a shelf in our house, perhaps even next to "John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Youngest President," which I had bought at the school book fair, its title no doubt appealing to my nascent political careerism.
"Vanity Fair", a title that came in a eureka moment to the author in bed one night, actually derives from Pilgrim's Progress (no 1 in this series) and refers to the fair set up by the devils Beelzebub and Apollyon in the town of Vanity.
Earlier on Tuesday at the large arms fair (official title, DSEi, standing for Defence and Security Equipment International, in London's Extel centre in the docklands), the first sea lord, Admiral Sir George Zambellas, said two large new aircraft carriers being built for the navy would provide Britain with the "full range of diplomatic, political, and military, options".
Of course, in a fair environment, titles and themes don't have much sway.
"In one fell swoop, Trump's DOJ has provided a roadmap for dismantling years of federal protections and declared that lesbian, gay, and bisexual people may no longer be protected by landmark civil rights laws such as the Fair Housing Act, Title IX, or Title VII," Sarah Warbelow, legal director for the Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement.
