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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 35 minutes ago (1 children)

This is a suspiciously nice side effect.

I'm very anti-war, but whenever a wide swath of the airline industry has had to shut down, like in 2008 and 2020, it has historically translated to dramatically lower air pollution numbers.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 minutes ago

Less oil in the market means less of it is available to burn and convert into CO2.

Not suspicious, serendipitous!

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 42 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe it’s about time we started figuring out alternative way to travel. Maybe something that doesn’t require burning fossil fuels.

[–] MrNesser@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Air ships should make a comeback Throw some solar panels on for electricity

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

because hydrogen is famously inert and helium is abundant?

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago

Or environmentally friendly if leaked. And leaks will happen.

I am somewhat confident that we could get a reliable H air ship, to be fair.

[–] Vikthor@piefed.world 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Jet fuel isn't exactly inert either and we now have another 90 years of advances in technology since the Hindenburg.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Hydrogen is a 100 times harder to contain than jet fuel.

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That’s why you put a vacuum in there. It’s made of nothing, so it doesn’t react, and there’s plenty of it in the universe. Besides, it’s also lighter than anything else you could throw in there.

[–] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Perfect. Now you only have to find a way to contain that vacuum that doesn't involve thick, heavy walls and we're good to go!

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Fantastium fibers should do it.

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 points 28 minutes ago

You can also use unobtanium plates with adamantium rivets if you want to make it look cooler.

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (6 children)

My first mp3 player (this was around 2002-ish) was power by an AA-batrery. The next year a model came on the market that was powered by an integrated, rechargable battery. I immediately bought that model, realizing it would instantly be worth the investment, because I would never need another AA-battery again.

Somehow the people in charge still haven't realized what 12 year old me was able to realize all those years ago.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

And here I am in 2026 craving for more AA battery powered devices because internal batteries are harder to replace and I have way too many chargers (USB helped there a bit)

[–] xep@discuss.online 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Young me quickly then learned that integrated lithium ion batteries were not easily replaceable and degraded significantly after 1.5 years...

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago

This is the kind of unintelligent pseudo eco the people scare monger about.

Buying new shit cause it's branded as eco when you don't need it and could get the benefit without buying it anyway. Just buy rechargeables if you care about money. Or the environment.

[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 12 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

So you are suggesting we power planes with mp3 players? I like that idea, where do I donate for the go-fund-me?

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago

Hold my beer....

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 6 points 4 hours ago

So far, oil has been absurdly cheap. Because of that, various industries have been built on the idea of bringing stuff. If oil becomes more expensive, all those industries will suffer, because someone just pulled out one of the cornerstones.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago

you know there are rechargable AAs right? also energy density, range, whatever look it up

[–] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 hours ago

Next do not sell any fuel to private jets...and then do cruise ships!

[–] schnokobaer@feddit.org 10 points 5 hours ago

That's fantastic news.