A380 will save the planet

[elite marksman]

Spartan, if one of our nuclear subs or carriers goes down, theres a few trillion gallons of water just waiting to soak up the heat and absorb the neutrons, effectively killing the reaction. Water is very effective at dealing with radioactive materials because of its density and it's high specific heat coefficient.

If a nuclear reactor were to be breached on land, it would very likely become uncontrollable and melt down. Granted, a nuclear meltdown is nowhere near as catastrophic as newsies would have you believe, but it most definitely wouldn't be good for anyone in the immediate area or downwind of the crash site.

[dcunning30]

Very, very impressive!!!!!  

But one wonders what will the ticket cost be on the A380 compared to the 747 for a comparable route?

http://www.theage.com.au/news/news/a380 ... 77629.html

[Woodlouse2002]

[quote]Very, very impressive!!!!!

[mpicco]

Im still wondering what the hell are we gonna travel on when we dont have any more plane fuel! xD
Anyway, I dont think the A380 will stop world hunger, wars, and everything out there to actually save the world, but it'll be nice to see it fly



On a totally unrelated note, i hate this so popular way of writing the journalists have, specially north american, of putting the phrase first and then "someone says". Pisses me off. Police says, judge says, chairman says... What about "Airbus states their superjumbo will save the world", whats wrong with that?

[elite marksman]

It would make them appear to have more mastery of the English language than a 5 year old?

[Spartan03]

Im still wondering what the hell are we gonna travel on when we dont have any more plane fuel! xD

i woke up this morning and thought the same thing.

[dcunning30]

Im still wondering what the hell are we gonna travel on when we dont have any more plane fuel! xD

i woke up this morning and thought the same thing.

You think that's going to happen in the forseeable future?

[elite marksman]

Aye, we aren't going to run out of gas any time soon. Even when we do run out of oil to refine in AvGas and jet fuel, we still won't be out of fuel. Either some chemist will create a fuel that mimics AvGas, or some engineer will invent an engine that runs on some other fuel. As for the jets... well they can run on any liquid that burns, so no problem finding fuel there, it would just need to be refined and cleaned.

[dcunning30]

Anyone over 30 may remember when they used to call oil fossil fuel.

[JBaymore]

Whenever an Airbus A340 or Boeing 747-400 is at 13- pitch up, there is nothing belching out from its engines...

Do some research.

[mpicco]

It would make them appear to have more mastery of the English language than a 5 year old?

LOL
It's still annoying though

These little phrases with "someone says" are annoying, mpicco says.

[elite marksman]

Aye, "someone says," "at the present time," (and variations thereof) and "allegedly" get really, really annoying. (yes I know they include "allegedly" for legal protection, though winning a lawsuit for damages/defamation of character by the media happens with about the same frequency that we discover new planets in our solar system.)