Posted on 04/10/2019 10:39:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Maybe the Jetsons were climate change activists?
A new study shows that the cartoon family was on to something when they used a flying car for transportation.
Several companies and even agencies such as NASA have been scrambling to create flying cars, hoping to launch the service in the next decade, and that may be a part of the answer to help curb climate change, according to a new study.
The study compared the energy use of the electric version of flying cars, known as electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft or VTOLs, to that of traditional and electric cars. The study also looked at the time-saving aspect of the vehicles and their overall energy use.
According to the study, fully loaded with a pilot and three passengers, flying electric cars would have about 52% lower greenhouse gas emissions than traditional cars and would generate 6% lower greenhouse gas emissions than electric cars over trips of 100 kilometers, about 62 miles.
The study found that flying cars wouldn't necessarily be more sustainable on a short commute compared with electric vehicles, but they would be a good sustainable alternative for longer trips.
The authors conclude that more research is needed to see exactly how viable flying cars are in terms of cost and noise.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
STOP TALKING ABOUT HUMAN CAUSED “CLIMATE CHANGE” LIKE IT’S FACT!!!!
SMH
"Send us more money. My baby needs shoes."
Besides the climate change lies, people can’t even stay in the lines when driving on a road, imagine the chaos in the air. Chances of surviving a crash dwindle since you not only have to survive the initial crash but the landing as well. Just another example of liberal fantasies on display.
Flying cars have nothing to do w climate change.
They may be fun, may be dangerous, but no impact on climate change. Stupid.
Ask Elon Musk how his climate change saver car is doing without the federal subsidies.
Only if they run on Unicorn Farts..............
Flying pigs, maybe.
lol
Are women and Asians going to be allowed to drive them?
NON PC JOKE!!! NO ONE FREAK OUT!!
When they say “energy use” of their electric unicorns they neglect to consider the energy produced at the power plant which goes to recharge them and the extra energy use required to dispose of the worn out batteries.
hahahahahaha!!!!
This is just silly. Everybody knows the only solution to climate change are perpetual motion machines...its all about the entropy and electrolytes
Stop talking about a plant fertilizer (CO2) like its bad for the environment.
Did they give up on flying monkeys?
Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.
Beyond the lie of the trace gas called CO2, I guess morons think that electricity is generated by unicorn farts?
{sigh}
Flying cars will expend INFINITELY MORE ENERGY than the current ones which roll on the ground.
Unless they are nuclear powered that means that the AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS created to power them must NECESSARILY increase.
I’m no engineer, and even I can eyeball the math on that one.
LOL
Good. At least you’ll be in trouble now too!! :)
That there is pretty funny :)
You know, I live in NYC and before FR, I never ONCE said “that there”!!
Now it’s commonplace.
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