Posted on 10/06/2009 8:27:25 AM PDT by llevrok
All Nippon Airways says passengers who empty their bladders before boarding will help reduce carbon emissions
All Nippon Airways (ANA) claims that empty bladders mean lighter passengers, a lighter aircraft and thus lower fuel use.
Airline staff will be present at boarding gates in terminals to ask passengers waiting to fly to relieve themselves before boarding, The Independent reported.
ANA hopes the weight saved will lead to a five-tonne reduction in carbon emissions over the course of 30 days.
The airline began the policy on October 1, according to Japans NHK television.
Although it is intended as an experiment lasting one month and 42 flights, the trial may be extended if it is well-received by passengers and if results are positive.
Based on an average human bladder capacity of 15oz, if 150 passengers relieved themselves on board an aircraft, this would amount to 63.7kg of waste.
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Theeeenk yew.
if every time one of these goofy stories hit the wire, each and every one of us went out and burned an old tire, do ya think they’d knock it off?
It’s a Zero-sum proposition. In order to produce 63.7kg of urine, the passengers would have to consume about 70 kg of liquid refreshment.
No, I don’t think so.
You really want the likes of Michael Moore naked on an airplane?
I normally go to the restroom before boarding a plane anyway. I prefer to not have to use an airplane restroom!
Good point.......
I’ve always wondered what the weight savings would be if the carpeting and all of those magazines and B.S. reading material were removed from the aircraft.
Make fat people (excuse....obese) buy two seats (try sitting next to some whale for 9 hours whose body flops over into your paid for space).... I’m sorry but if you’re wider than this sign here you must purchase two seats - kind of like height requirements for amusement rides.
Get draconian with luggage - don’t laugh. We had severe restrictions on weight when flying to Iraq and Afghanistan. You can pack sufficiently with a 44 lb. bag and one 14. lb carry-on.
NASA figured this out years back when the white paint applied to the monstrous external fuel tank was eliminated. I believe they gained another 11,000 lb.of payload in return - or something to that effect.
May I take your trident, sir?
Oh for God’s sake!
Why not issue diuretics at the counter?
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