I wonder if, since AIM comes bundled with AOL this becomes an antitrust sort of thing ala Microsoft. AOL has a huge percentage of the internet provider market and is using that to leverage their Instant Messenger service and are actively trying to keep others out.
My original point was that this promotes a Tower of Babel situation where all IMs can not communicate anymore. This is a bad thing.
I'm pretty confident that soon, we'll know everything.
My understanding is that a large number of people in the WTC were instantly cremated by the 15+ tons of burning jet fuel . Yes, the hydrogen plane would've reduced this risk.
Is a hydrogen plane really feasible? Not really. People can design, build and fly prototypes but they really are uneconomical and inefficient. Hydrogen's specific energy (Joules/kg) and energy density (Joules/liter) are much lower than jet fuel. At best, commercial flights would require liquid hydrogen as a fuel which still doesn't have an energ density close to jet fuel.
This, to me, is one of the most compelling reasons to use electric cars, since gas based fuels are really best used for flying. Anyway, this guy seems to be promoting his objective (of getting research and design money for hydrogen powered flight) by using the recent disaster.
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I wonder if, since AIM comes bundled with AOL this becomes an antitrust sort of thing ala Microsoft. AOL has a huge percentage of the internet provider market and is using that to leverage their Instant Messenger service and are actively trying to keep others out. My original point was that this promotes a Tower of Babel situation where all IMs can not communicate anymore. This is a bad thing. I'm pretty confident that soon, we'll know everything.
My understanding is that a large number of people in the WTC were instantly cremated by the 15+ tons of burning jet fuel . Yes, the hydrogen plane would've reduced this risk.
Is a hydrogen plane really feasible? Not really. People can design, build and fly prototypes but they really are uneconomical and inefficient. Hydrogen's specific energy (Joules/kg) and energy density (Joules/liter) are much lower than jet fuel. At best, commercial flights would require liquid hydrogen as a fuel which still doesn't have an energ density close to jet fuel.
This, to me, is one of the most compelling reasons to use electric cars, since gas based fuels are really best used for flying. Anyway, this guy seems to be promoting his objective (of getting research and design money for hydrogen powered flight) by using the recent disaster.
Oh well.