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The Future of Air Travel.

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@Dave

Just a suggestion here, but if you want to debate climate change, rather than what this thread was supposed to be about, why don't you start a new topic.

This thread was supposed to be about the future of aviation. Something we are all interested in. I attempted to get back on topic by posting about the Rolls Royce technology. 

Its clear you are simply going to ignore all of us that offer counter arguments, so that would seem a great idea. 

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Okay, further off-topic posts will be summarily hidden from this thread.

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2 hours ago, n4gix said:

Okay, further off-topic posts will be summarily hidden from this thread.

😀 Darn I had just made a bowl of popcorn and opened a soda!

Couldn't help but think of all the so called biased "debates" about which sim was better XP11.5 or MSFS1+ or P3D4.5.

Bryan Wallis aka "fltsimguy"

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On 10/14/2020 at 9:10 PM, WingZ said:

No more taking stuff to the dump and wishing it away...

In a way that would still happen IMHO.. Once the electric car batteries have been sent off to the "second lives" in some third world country, I strongly suspect that those countries will just dump the batteries next to the village they were installed in. Conveniently swept under the metaphorical carpet...

On 10/14/2020 at 9:24 PM, n4gix said:

"Airbus has named the project AlbatrossONE and Chief Engineer James Kirk said the payoff is in more efficient designs."

I wonder if his middle name is Tiberius? 😖

I noticed that too, Fr.Bill he is certainly going boldly where none have gone before... :biggrin:

Mark Robinson

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Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon)

I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation

Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)

4 hours ago, HighBypass said:

In a way that would still happen IMHO.. Once the electric car batteries have been sent off to the "second lives" in some third world country, I strongly suspect that those countries will just dump the batteries next to the village they were installed in. Conveniently swept under the metaphorical carpet...

Because of impending shortages in nickel (not from the Ni ores used for stainless steel, but rather the purer ores that readily yield Class 1 nickel used in lithium batteries), Tesla just announced that all of its old car batteries will be recycled into new batteries. I suspect most other BEV manufacturers will have to follow suit or they won't be able to produce cars.

19 hours ago, jabloomf1230 said:

all of its old car batteries will be recycled into new batteries

... which means that the third world villages will have to hold off on their electrical power wishes for some time...  :pedih:  until we get some kind of asteroid mining project set up. I'm sure Elon's team can design the necessary rockets and extraction gear..

Mark Robinson

Part-time Ferroequinologist

Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon)

I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation

Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)

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