AP Exclusive: 787 grounded, but batteries can fly
Source: AP-Excite
By JOAN LOWY
WASHINGTON (AP) - At the same time the government certified Boeing's 787 Dreamliners as safe, federal rules barred the type of batteries used to power the airliner's electrical systems from being carried as cargo on passenger planes because of the fire risk.
Now the situation is reversed.
Dreamliners worldwide were grounded nearly three weeks ago after lithium ion batteries that are part of the planes led to a fire in one plane and smoke in a second. But new rules exempt aircraft batteries from the ban on large lithium ion batteries as cargo on flights by passenger planes.
In effect, that means the Dreamliner's batteries are now allowed to fly only if they're not attached to a Dreamliner.
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In this Feb. 3, 2011, file photo, Boeings' new 787 Dreamliner takes off from Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. While Boeing’s 787 Dreamliners are grounded, the batteries causing airliner’s troubles can still fly. At the time the government certified the 787 as safe, federal rules barred the type of batteries used to power the airliner’s electrical systems from being carried as cargo on passenger planes because of the fire risk. But new rules exempt aircraft batteries from the ban on large lithium ion batteries as cargo on flights by passenger planes. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
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Oh and we have to tax the shit out of Chinese Photo-Voltaic Solar Panels,those might cause reduced energy dependence and they certainly are not going to stand for that!
I am going to say this as clearly as I know how:The Energy Companies are terrorists.
I at once thought it was just the Saudi's but now have come around to the realization of this fact.
Some of us have been saying this since the 1970's before they discovered Man Made Global Warming
People,find ways to use less,lets hit these bastards in their pocketbook!
