From: pothead <pothead@snakebite.com>
Newsgroups: alt.global-warming,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: So Much Written... So Little Said
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:59:30 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: Muffler Bearings LLC
On 2025-08-13, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> On 2025-08-12 16:00, pothead wrote:
>> On 2025-08-12, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>> On 2025-08-12 10:16, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>>
>>>> NOTHING on Heavy Electric Commercial Airliners brought up, so...
>>>>
>>>> PLONK!
>>> Who wrote:
>>>
>>> <quote> How many people?
>>>
>>> 1, maybe 2?
>>>
>>> LOL.
>>>
>>> I can get a 12hp ultra-light with 3 seats and transport 2 people
>>> and have a "commercial passenger service". </quote>
>>>
>>> ...hmmm?
>>
>> I'll admit I have not researched this electric plane concept but
>> consider that one of the world's largest and most powerful airplane
>> manufacturers , Boeing, can barely keep planes in the air without
>> some kind of mishap. And at least as far as engines/power plants are
>> concerned, they have been building them for decades.
>
> So having done no research, you're going to make the argument that
> because a large corporation has been screwing up, that means a smaller,
> leaner, company can't do something well?
>
> Really?
>
> And because I have a considerable interest in aviation news, I can tell
> you what happened to Boeing that is probably responsible for their
> recent issues with reliability and design decisions:
>
> A change in corporate culture following their merger with McDonnell
> Douglas that led to the company losing a strong focus on engineering.
>
> Don't believe me?
>
> Google it!
>
>>
>> Considering that, would YOU get on board a new technology aircraft
>> just to "save the environment" ?
>
> Would YOU get into a new technology conventional aircraft?
>
> The engineering challenges of a vertical take off electric aircraft are
> just that: plain old engineering challenges.
>
> And the Joby aircraft is going through all the same certification tests
> that every new aircraft has to pass.
>
>>
>> If you want to contribute to saving the enviornment why not speak to
>> the various elite and superstars jetting all over the place in
>> private jets and super yachts?
>
> It's not about saving the environment. This is a situation where an
> electric vehicle makes more sense than a craft that burns fossil fuels.
Why?
For what purpose?
The idea is to get from point A to point B.
So why does it make more sense?
> It's a useful vehicle.
It sounds like another boondoggle to me.
Much like many of these greeniac projects.
--
pothead
"Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices.
Then our choices make us."
-- Anne Frank