Climate activists from Last Generation disrupted Munich airport by gluing themselves to a runway, leading to flight cancellations and delays over a busy weekend.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/OaVXl

  • Lmaydev@programming.dev
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    11 months ago

    I doubt they leave the engines and even if they did leave them idling it’s better than flying

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      11 months ago

      I’d assume there has to be some engine use for electricity generation, climate control, etc. even when grounded.

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      11 months ago

      Burning fuel to no effect is better than burning fuel to get somewhere? A quick search suggests a 747 burns 5 gallons per mile. An idling engine achieving nothing is burning infinity gallons per mile. Which if you check the number line you’ll find is slightly higher.

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        11 months ago

        Only if you do it per mile. Not if you do it as gallons burned.

        Also 0/1 isn’t infinity it’s undefined.

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          11 months ago

          You’re right about one thing: 1/0 = inf is sloppy and lazy. The better way to write it is: the limit as x approaches zero of 1/x is infinity.

      • InternetPerson
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        11 months ago

        You require more fuel to move compared to fuel consumption while running idle.