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I cant imagine where we would be if people were having this mentality back in the early 1900s when rich people were trying to fly using loud, terrible airplanes
by mardifoufs 3y ago
I cant imagine where we would be if people were having this mentality back in the early 1900s when rich people were trying to fly using loud, terrible airplanes. Fwiw I don't think super sonic travel is going to succeed any time soon, but it's crazy how prevalent this type of NIMBY mentality has become.
- gedy 3y agoI'm sure they had mumbling nobodies back then too which the world passed by. Their grumbling was just more limited compared to internet noise.
- idlewords 3y agoThere's nothing wrong with people finding sonic booms annoying. Even Boom conceded this by naming itself after its worst externality, and pretending (in its early startup phase) that it was pursuing technology to make supersonic flight less loud.