I love this article, but it's worth pointing out that this is NOT a consensus opinion. A fire in the batteries known to be in the cargo hold can also explain pretty much everything that happened. See https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4595

(Written on 2019年 06月 21日)(Permalink)

So American had weather and Delta didn't?

(Written on 2019年 06月 14日)(Permalink)

The batteries on my Tesla are air-cooled. Managing battery temperature is also handled by the car. The only real issue is weight, and they have apparently handled that.

(Written on 2019年 03月 29日)(Permalink)

I hope they aren't Lion about their safety record.

(Written on 2018年 11月 09日)(Permalink)

If the plane ran on biofuels the amount of CO2 coming out the tailpipe would be largely irrelevant. It would merely be expensive at that point.

(Written on 2018年 08月 10日)(Permalink)

Because carbon-neutral biofuels won't be available in 20 years.

(Written on 2018年 08月 10日)(Permalink)

I love that they named the API Firehose.

(Written on 2018年 07月 20日)(Permalink)

Only a company called Airbus would name a plane Beluga.

(Written on 2018年 07月 20日)(Permalink)

There is zero possibility that the bones are hers. Zip. Zilch. Nada.

(Written on 2018年 03月 09日)(Permalink)

It was irresponsible to post this TIGHAR bullshit in the newsletter. There is no mystery about where Amelia and Fred ended up: in the ocean. Period. It seems that cranks will never give this one up, and scammers like TIGHAR are fleecing people with it. But just stop. Please.

(Written on 2018年 03月 09日)(Permalink)