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    Antonov or AN-225

    There is currently only one in service.  But there is a second An-225 airframe that was never finished.  Due to the high demand for the current An-225 Antonov has recently announced plans to finish the second aircraft.
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    Long time coming: A400M proceeds towards first flight

    I'm not extreamly familiar with european turboprop tech.  But the engines on the C-130J and C-27 are Rolls Royce.
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    Long time coming: A400M proceeds towards first flight

    Well I don't think so.  There is a huge demand for military transports and cargo lift right now all over the world.  Nobody is really showing any more genuine interest in the expensive C-17 and production will be stopped in a few years.  Who else is there to compete with Airbus?  Is there...
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    Long time coming: A400M proceeds towards first flight

    Airbus is a private company.  And does not get money from European governments.  However European governments have given airbus LOAN guarantees just like what the Canadian government has done with Bombardier. European governments have entered into risk sharing agreements with some of Airbuses...
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    Long time coming: A400M proceeds towards first flight

    Airbus has been making aircraft successfully for 30 years by consensus. So successful that Airbus is the largest aircraft maker in the world.  And even though Airbus builds by consensus which at times is very inefficient they have found a way to make it work. BTW Boeing's 787 is being build buy...
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    Long time coming: A400M proceeds towards first flight

    Now that Airbus has started deliveries of the A380 and are starting to ramp up production, Airbus will finally have additional resources available to get the A400 off the ground and out the door.
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    A scarier strategic problem - no people

    I agree that the expectations today have increased. But my parents went to college had 3 kids and had their house paid off by the time they were 40.  This type of thing doesn't happen anymore.  The standard of living for people have been increasing for hundreds of years yet only in the last 50...
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    Chinese Defense Minister Gives Speech About WAR plans against the United States

    This article is BS. The Chinese have historically been only agressive to areas that have been historically part of China at some point in history (Taiwan, Nepal, parts of East India, Mongolia). The fact is the 1 baby per couple will end up creating a massive population decline in the near...
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    A scarier strategic problem - no people

    Back in the day people started having children at ages 16-18 years old.  Having children was less expensive and it was easier to make a living when you were in your late teens. Today many people don't start to have kids until there 30.  To make a living today many people need to have either a...
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    A scary strategic problem - no oil

    While I agree that battery technology has not reached the energy density of other fuels.  But it doesn't have too.  Because battery to electric motor operation is 3 times more efficient therefore the energy density of batteries needs to only be 1/3 of that of other fuels to become viable.  GM's...
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    A scary strategic problem - no oil

    A Li-Ion battery is made of a variety of metals and polymers so there is nothing to freeze.  It's already solid.  Older Li-Ion batteries did have liquid cathode and electrodes but new designs have eliminated this.
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    A scary strategic problem - no oil

    Well there is big research into both or a combination of both right now.  Currently both have issues.  But both are also very close to production ready. Batteries: Cost - They are current very expensive the Tesla Roadster retails for ~100K most of that cost is batteries.  The next generation of...
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    A scary strategic problem - no oil

    As for coal plants I'm talking about carbon and sulfur recapturing. And making them "so called clean" even though they still really won't be clean. For ethanol it will take about 5 years to get these plants up and running.  And Cellulosic ethanol can use a variety of  waste products in general...
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    A scary strategic problem - no oil

    We are not at risk in the next 20-50 years I agree.  But the more steps we make now the less we have to deal with in the future. I agree we have to use what we have now to our benefit. According to the Coal industry in the US the fastest they could get a commercially viable power plant to use...
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    A scary strategic problem - no oil

    The volt has an electric only range of 62kms and would only use the ICE if I go further than that (very efficiently I might add).  My daily commute to and from work is only 40kms. And to recharge the Volt That is where far cleaner electricity comes in.  Currently Ontario only gets 18% of it's...
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