The stop-and-fold prop tech is pretty cool.

(Written on 2021年 09月 17日)(Permalink)

A ladder is really the only realistic option, walls do in fact deter most people who see it and think, 'ah fuggit' and give up.

(Written on 2021年 09月 03日)(Permalink)

Who needs Air Force One amirite!?

(Written on 2021年 09月 03日)(Permalink)

Why are you double posting your anti-progress-stay-in-the-stone-ages rhetoric? The future IS electric, and we WILL have the ability to recycle the batteries as the associated technology improves. It's being worked on like everything else.

(Written on 2021年 08月 13日)(Permalink)

Like I said, "it will probably be something like each battery is refurbed a certain number of times before it's a total waste and is recycled as much as is possible". This means that as the tech to recycle improves, so will the designs of the batteries to accommodate that process. Stopping doesn't make any sense, the tech will catch up. Do you also think we should stop using plastics altogether because there hasn't yet been instituted a satisfactory program to recycle it? No, you didn't, so why stop the move to electric vehicles? Btw, new enzymes are showing an ability to break difficult-to-recycle plastics down in record time and are looking to revolutionize our ability to recycle them. The same is going to happen with E-car batteries, it's common sense.

(Written on 2021年 08月 13日)(Permalink)

This is one of the things that improvement is being worked on, just like carbon sequestering and other aspects of the modernization of our power grid as is necessary per the increased needs for power consumption. The lifecycle of the batteries including refurbishing and recycling is something that has a way to go before it's at the level necessary for a future that is largely electric powered. Does this mean we halt all work towards the progress of making the switch to electric? I wouldn't think so. Anyway it will probably be something like each battery is refurbed a certain number of times before it's a total waste and is recycled as much as is possible.

(Written on 2021年 08月 13日)(Permalink)

So whatever level of fossil fuels that is now powering the grid isn't even the point - regardless of the fact that those numbers will reduce over time. There are other benefits of going electric such as the energy saved by NOT having to haul around heavy liquid fuel. The transmission of electricity over the grid to the consuming vehicles saves money and reduces environmental impact because it wasn't necessary to burn fossil fuels to transport the liquid fossil fuels to the local fueling stations. Crazy concept to understand, I know... Then there is also the fact that it's easier to upgrade the emissions capturing technology (as it gets better) when it exists in fewer places - such as the smoke stacks of coal burning facilities. That is much easier than trying to recall all engines and upgrade their emissions capturing tech. These are CRAZY concepts to try and understand I know, but please do your best.

(Written on 2021年 08月 13日)(Permalink)

There is some dispute about exactly which software functions were outsourced but I think you're dead on (discussions of the total number of sensors required aside). Business guys patting themselves on the back for making genius business decisions aka, cutting the engineering expertise out of a business that requires... a high engineering aptitude to you know... keep planes from falling out of the sky etc. What I REALLY want to know is how much money they saved by doing that when you figure in the payouts to the crash victims' families along with the loss of business and hit to their storied reputation. Like, was it worth it you genius business guys?

(Written on 2021年 05月 28日)(Permalink)

You do have a point there. I mentioned this to a former aircraft mechanic and he said the blades had flown off into the fuselage well before recent years but that in those cases they didn't cause "incidents". So basically, it was known that blades could fly off and impact the aircraft, but nothing was done until it was a publicity issue. Tell that to the woman that was partially sucked out of the plane.

(Written on 2021年 05月 14日)(Permalink)

Yes, there was, not sure why most people seem to want to forget that little tidbit. The whole thing has screamed "it was the pilot" since that moment.

(Written on 2021年 05月 07日)(Permalink)