Keeping the configuration minimizes other modifications/certification issues. Larger engines, for example means they are closer to the ground.

(Written on 03/05/2023)(Permalink)

Presumably they will be stored at a boneyard for some time, so they could be reactivated in a crisis?

(Written on 02/02/2023)(Permalink)

I read at one point that covering a small portion of the Sahara dessert with solar panels (a lot of panels, mind you) that it could cover all the power needs of the planet, and creating all that shade would help reverse some of the man-made desertification. Of course that has insurmountable logistical issues, but the point was that we can meet all our needs with solar if we simply chose to and took on the engineering challenges which are certify solvable. Imagine a huge solar farm making enough hydrogen to fuel all aviation.

(Written on 08/13/2022)(Permalink)

Yeah. The aluminum oxide pain on the skin had as much to do with the fire as the hydrogen itself. Hydrogen in a talk is also a lot different than a big balloon.

(Written on 08/13/2022)(Permalink)

I think they are an ultra-low-cost airline. No excuse for the crew, who are trained and responsible for the safety of their passengers to behave as they did (if the account is true)

(Written on 07/25/2022)(Permalink)

I realize it his hard for many to understand... If you sit in a seat for 1 hour and wear that mask for 1 hour, you cut the risk of infecting your neighbour a lot (if you are infected) and you cut the risk of you getting infected. If you take your mask off for 10 minutes, you reduce your protection somewhat, but you still protect yourself for that 50 minutes which is better than 0 protection. Since we also have to eat and drink to survive and be comfortable, we agree to trade in a bit of risk in exchange for that convenience. Nothing is black and white, but shade of gray. If I drive my car 10 feet in a parking lit, I might not put my seat belt on. That does not mean I think seat belts are a waste of time, but I think wearing it 99% of the time is a good balance.

(Written on 03/18/2022)(Permalink)

Because they don't agree to that and you are just making it up (or at least exxageratig their comments) since you can't actually use facts to support your position?

(Written on 03/18/2022)(Permalink)

I don't think many do and those yo see are more likely to have forgotten to take it off since it is not such a burden. If I am gong in and out of the car a lot and have the mask just right (so I don't fog up my glasses), I often leave it on, not for safety or fear, just because of laziness.

(Written on 03/18/2022)(Permalink)

Maybe before you talk trash, you might actually get informed (hint: you make a fool of yourself in public). Vaccinated people have lower infections and hence lower spread of the virus. No one said vaccinated people don't spread the virus, but they spread it a lot less, so he more vaccinated people we have, the lower the spread and the faster we can get these waves under control. Shocking that after all this time, some people still think as they do...

(Written on 03/18/2022)(Permalink)

There are two sciences at play here. Epidemiology and psychology. Removing the mask mandate is not a statement that masks are no longer useful, it is a statement that in that complicated walking of the line between what is epidemiologically sound and what the general population will agree to do, with cases dropping and compliance going down, it makes sense to lift the mandate (at the expense of some illness) and leave the decision to individuals. Those of us who don't care about masks will continue to wear them where we think it makes sense and those who don't will have to live with increased risk. If things get out of hand and we can no longer afford to have a large segment of the population making it crappy for the ret if us, mandates will come back as needed.

(Written on 03/18/2022)(Permalink)