Lufthansa group is cutting 20,000 flights due to Iran war triggered surge in fuel prices / fuel shortages (peakd.com)
from inari@piefed.zip to world@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 06:03
https://piefed.zip/c/world/p/1426716/lufthansa-group-is-cutting-20000-flights-due-to-iran-war-triggered-surge-in-fuel-prices-fu

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chaosCruiser@futurology.today on 24 Apr 06:14 next collapse

Maybe it’s about time we started figuring out alternative way to travel. Maybe something that doesn’t require burning fossil fuels.

MrNesser@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 06:44 next collapse

Air ships should make a comeback Throw some solar panels on for electricity

Jumuta@sh.itjust.works on 24 Apr 07:26 collapse

because hydrogen is famously inert and helium is abundant?

Vikthor@piefed.world on 24 Apr 08:08 next collapse

Jet fuel isn’t exactly inert either and we now have another 90 years of advances in technology since the Hindenburg.

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 08:22 collapse

Hydrogen is a 100 times harder to contain than jet fuel.

chaosCruiser@futurology.today on 24 Apr 08:24 next collapse

That’s why you put a vacuum in there. It’s made of nothing, so it doesn’t react, and there’s plenty of it in the universe. Besides, it’s also lighter than anything else you could throw in there.

arandomthought@sh.itjust.works on 24 Apr 09:10 collapse

Perfect. Now you only have to find a way to contain that vacuum that doesn’t involve thick, heavy walls and we’re good to go!

Gladaed@feddit.org on 24 Apr 09:35 collapse

Or environmentally friendly if leaked. And leaks will happen.

I am somewhat confident that we could get a reliable H air ship, to be fair.

abbadon420@sh.itjust.works on 24 Apr 06:45 collapse

My first mp3 player (this was around 2002-ish) was power by an AA-batrery. The next year a model came on the market that was powered by an integrated, rechargable battery. I immediately bought that model, realizing it would instantly be worth the investment, because I would never need another AA-battery again.

Somehow the people in charge still haven’t realized what 12 year old me was able to realize all those years ago.

HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social on 24 Apr 07:25 next collapse

So you are suggesting we power planes with mp3 players? I like that idea, where do I donate for the go-fund-me?

abbadon420@sh.itjust.works on 24 Apr 07:48 collapse

Hold my beer…

Jumuta@sh.itjust.works on 24 Apr 07:28 next collapse

you know there are rechargable AAs right? also energy density, range, whatever look it up

chaosCruiser@futurology.today on 24 Apr 08:03 next collapse

So far, oil has been absurdly cheap. Because of that, various industries have been built on the idea of bringing stuff. If oil becomes more expensive, all those industries will suffer, because someone just pulled out one of the cornerstones.

xep@discuss.online on 24 Apr 09:30 next collapse

Young me quickly then learned that integrated lithium ion batteries were not easily replaceable and degraded significantly after 1.5 years…

Gladaed@feddit.org on 24 Apr 09:33 collapse

This is the kind of unintelligent pseudo eco the people scare monger about.

Buying new shit cause it’s branded as eco when you don’t need it and could get the benefit without buying it anyway. Just buy rechargeables if you care about money. Or the environment.

schnokobaer@feddit.org on 24 Apr 06:32 next collapse

That’s fantastic news.

neo2478@sh.itjust.works on 24 Apr 07:15 collapse

Next do not sell any fuel to private jets…and then do cruise ships!