Around the World in a Solar Plane 153
Coati writes "Bertrand Piccard, the guy that flew around the world in a balloon, wants to do it again, this time in a solar plane."
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Around the World in a Solar Plane
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Sunny skies (Score:4, Funny)
Oh no! RAIN! (Score:3, Funny)
Simon
no sun = no fly (Score:5, Funny)
OK... (Score:3, Funny)
Easy (Score:3, Funny)
Obligatory... (Score:3, Funny)
Piccard: To boldy go, where no ma- (turbulence) Number 1, why are we rapidly descending?
Riker: It seems to be a solar eclipse sir
Piccard: All hands embrace for impact!
Re:Sunny skies (Score:5, Funny)
As long as he can design a solar plane which can fly at mach 2, this shouldn't be a problem.
Re:TRULY A WASTE (Score:0, Funny)
Tell Khaled i said hi, and thanks for ruining irc.
not going to happen??? (Score:3, Funny)
That's not cool (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Flying backwards to meet the dawn (Score:2, Funny)
Phil: "Cos the flight plan has us doing a one-eighty every sunrise and sunset."
Bob: "Oh?"
Phil: "Yeah, more cold coffee please."
Re:Why? (Score:2, Funny)
- They should be made to sign a "no extreme measures or rescue-tation attempts" paper before leaving.
Right. I can't remember how often that guy had to be rescued with his balloon but i do remember that he needed a few tries and almost died more than once.Any bets on how many tries it will take him this time?
To me, this is Jackass for rich people.
I can just imagine the TV ads for this... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I doubt the cleverness of this! (Score:2, Funny)
If the sun goes out he'll just use the moon!!
Consequences of using solar power? (Score:2, Funny)
Right now, using solar power sounds like a good idea. It's a renewable and non polluting source of energy.
But if we have learned anything about excessive energy use from the past, we should proceed with caution. What will happen when the whole world is powered by solar power? Think of it, all this energy from the sun that would normally heat the earth would now go towards generating electricity. This would probably lead to a global chilling which is not a good thing.
I think we should either stay dependant on fossil fuels for now, or even increase our consumption of them to counter the effects of global chilling in the future with more global warming now.
Forget solar (Score:3, Funny)