Aviation Expansion....

Pepperman · Post by **Pepperman** » 19 Jan 2011, 07:47

...blah blah blah:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011 ... ion-report

That would be the white elephant to end all white elephants

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 19 Jan 2011, 11:49

I wonder what archaeologists will make of it in a thousand years' time? "It was a Temple where they worshipped a mythical Great White Bird..."

(Oh and I love their choice of destinations to show...Rio and Stockholm, very drole)

Pepperman · Post by **Pepperman** » 20 Jan 2011, 15:23

Easyjet shares sink as it warns of widening losses
Shares in Easyjet have slumped more than 16% after the budget airline warned that higher fuel costs could double half-year losses.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12237012

UndercoverElephant · Post by **UndercoverElephant** » 20 Jan 2011, 15:46

UndercoverElephant · Post by **UndercoverElephant** » 20 Jan 2011, 15:48

RenewableCandy wrote:I wonder what archaeologists will make of it in a thousand years' time? "It was a Temple where they worshipped a mythical Great White Bird..."

Not exactly mythical, unfortunately.

The airport in question is never going to be built. It takes many years before all the planning hurdles can be got over, and by then air travel will be decreasing because fewer and fewer people will be able to afford it.

Pepperman · Post by **Pepperman** » 20 Jan 2011, 16:08

PS_RalphW · Post by **PS_RalphW** » 20 Jan 2011, 16:15

Yeh but that buried army represented progress.

Earlier Chinese emperors were buried with their personal retinue and bodyguards, freshly dispatched, to serve them in the afterlife.

By moving to Virtual Army Technology (tm) this emperor could not only live comfortably in the afterlife, he could conquer ithe whole of heaven too!

UndercoverElephant · Post by **UndercoverElephant** » 20 Jan 2011, 16:21

RalphW wrote:
Earlier Chinese emperors were buried with their personal retinue and bodyguards, freshly dispatched....

Or in at least one case locked into the tomb whilst still alive.