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Airbus previews next-gen airliner with bird-inspired wings (newatlas.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Wait aren't all airplane wings bid inspired?

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Airbus explained that it ran the numbers and found that, while it could build a successful hydrogen airliner, the plane would be successful in the same way that Concorde was successful. In other words, a technological triumph, but a commercial failure.

Just like any other hydrogen powered... Anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I take from that, that we will only get technological breakthroughs away from oil after we break everything down and rebuild from scratch. Because the economy that allowed setting up fuel infrastructure a century ago, is now a much tighter fit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It's more that Hydrogen is an inherently shit way of powering a vehicle, and liquid fuels are much easier to store and transport.

Biofuels are a much better option, in my view.