Comments on: Save the Environment: Let Planes Crash http://www.theatlanticright.com/2008/09/06/save-the-environment-let-planes-crash/ Because Common Sense Transcends Distance Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:43:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kevin H http://www.theatlanticright.com/2008/09/06/save-the-environment-let-planes-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-66495 Kevin H Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:44:07 +0000 http://poligazette.com/2008/09/06/save-the-environment-let-planes-crash/#comment-66495 Or you could, oh I don't know. Put some more insulation on the fuel lines? "They are likely to include demanding stricter tests on engines to ensure that they can cope with a build up of ice and sudden release into the fuel system." Even the article you link to suggests that safety and fuel efficiency are compatible. The truth is that environmental activists DON'T want planes to crash, so no, you aren't just speaking the truth. Is the sierra club up in arms about this idea to revisit the problem? Is anyone? You have made a pretty good straw environmentalist, but I'd like to see some actual flesh and blood. Even if you find one nutjob painting anyone who supports fuel efficiency standards with that brush is dishonest. Or you could, oh I don’t know. Put some more insulation on the fuel lines?

"They are likely to include demanding stricter tests on engines to ensure that they can cope with a build up of ice and sudden release into the fuel system."

Even the article you link to suggests that safety and fuel efficiency are compatible.

The truth is that environmental activists DON’T want planes to crash, so no, you aren’t just speaking the truth.

Is the sierra club up in arms about this idea to revisit the problem? Is anyone? You have made a pretty good straw environmentalist, but I’d like to see some actual flesh and blood. Even if you find one nutjob painting anyone who supports fuel efficiency standards with that brush is dishonest.

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