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You also have to make it environmentally sustainable like they did when they talked about a partnership with Prometheus fuels back in 2019, even then what's the

You also have to make it environmentally sustainable like they did when they talked about a partnership with Prometheus fuels back in 2019, even then what's the point compared to regular planes if these "are likely to burn between 4.5 and 7.5X more fuel than subsonic aircraft in 2035." [0] [0]: https://bsky.app/profile/rutherdan.bsky.social/post/3lgstwvvdvs2s https://bsky.app/profile/rutherdan.bsky.social/post/3lgstwvv... -> 2021 NASA assessment https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20205009400 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20205009400

steveoscaro 2y ago
You don’t “have to” make it environmentally sustainable…
- consp 2y ago
  The next generation will love your idealism.
  - noisy_boy 2y ago
    Aerospace is hard, one step at a time. Every generation knows that.
willlma 2y ago
I'm so glad that buried deep in the HN commments in an individual who cares about the environment. In the other conversations I've seen about this no one mentions or thinks about fuel consumption. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills sometimes. It's like "Yay! We figured out another way to accelerate the disastrous consequences of climate change. Go us!"