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 01:23:09 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: Muffler Bearings LLC
On 2025-08-13, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> On 2025-08-12 17:59, pothead wrote:
>> 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?
>
> A taxi from downtown business centres to airports.
>
>>
>>
>>> It's a useful vehicle.
>>
>> It sounds like another boondoggle to me.
>> Much like many of these greeniac projects.
> In your completely unresearched opinion.
>
> Got it.
No you don't.
You didn't answer the question.
You claim it's not about saving the environment so what about
this EV aircraft makes more sense than a fossil fuel powered aircraft?
--
pothead
"Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices.
Then our choices make us."
-- Anne Frank