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    Is Green Aviation Really Coming?

    ..on the transom?
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    Is Green Aviation Really Coming?

    Actually the first generation of nuclear reactors were extremely safe and over engineered.. as they would be with names like Fermi associated with them,and cost was no object. It was the third generation , when people were trying to engineer value into them that things became sticky. What is...
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    Is Green Aviation Really Coming?

    The boat and train option never went away you know, and is still the most economical way to get from Dublin to London,or major UK cities. .when cost of buses to and from airports are included, a bit slower, well a fair bit slower, than flights. ..yes the DART is a lovely service,however you...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. that is truly appalling statement for a public represenative to make. Is it a hate crime?.
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    Is Green Aviation Really Coming?

    TrTrai Might work between London and Paris , and trains Aberdeen to Newquay, but not so good between London Dublin
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ... That's fine, ?. But if you remain in customs union with the rest of the UK, that is NOT where you will need the checkpoint.. .and if you continue to have the border and customs posts on the RED sea, you still won't need it there.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And how much longer does it take to ,1. Recruit and train Customs & Excise officers. 2. Put the public procurement policies and compulsory purchase orders in place,allow the required consultation periods and inevitable appeals. 3. Put the necessary votes and legislation, budgets and funding to...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    From today's Irish Times... Is the same thing happening but 10 times as intense at UK ports?. New checks and facilities are being put in place at Dublin Port in anticipation of Brexit Dublin Port has started putting up new buildings for customs officials to check vehicles coming off ships and...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. that's why QUANGOs and commissions of inquiry exist...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. it cannot co exist. Hence the lie and the fudge of the UK agreement on Backstop arrangements. There was a very clever article last week I think on the independent .ie website by an Irish comedian based in the UK. I think the name was Flanigan. It was entitled .. "so you have a prime...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    They will hold up the lorry,or the lorry will be held up because the one 12 units away is being searched,or its paperwork was no ok. It is not within Michael Barniers gift to extend or modify the duration of the UK exit... We have been over that before, anyone who spouts otherwise is false...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    None of this is any surprise to me, There will be support from europe, a massive border will be required, we will get financial assistance with it, but it will be an imposition. The tone is rather the border will exist, it was fantasy to assume that in the case of hard brexit it would not. I...
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    Electric flight

    My initial comment is that the range is insufficient.... I can see corporate planes with ranges of 1000 miles working out, getting accross the continental US in two hops, and with a quick refueling pitstop. But because the batteries are built in, they must be recharged in situ.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Tommie regarding the comments about air traffic post BREXIt., A little more analysis. While British newspapers were very quick to jump on our Leo's comments, as outrageous, perhaps they should have looked a little deeper. The overflying of another country is covered by apparently the Chicago...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Wishful thinking.... Woosh you have been involved in a engineering capacity in a manufacturing business..parhaps many. The current model involves items moving freely between different facilities,where work is done, value added and then moved along. In a real sense the motorways and the traffic...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just a few straws in the wind... Amazon’s UK boss has warned the country’s Brexit secretary Dominic Raab, that Britain would face “civil unrest” within weeks of a no-deal Brexit, adding the online retailer’s voice to a growing list of businesses voicing concerns . Ryanair comment.. Ryanair...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Factories adopting quickly to a little delay.... Perhaps if the current practice is buying in a container from the far East every 4 months,and storing it in the yard. But modern practice is integrated flow paths, with items being worked on in multiple locations ,any delays create costs,and...
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    Bosch Display Question

    Why would one think the intuvia is particularly vulnerable?
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That would be prudent. Like compulsory purchase orders for trailer parking ,customs huts , additional manpower, extra immigration officials. The fact that there has been no visible sign of any of these things that makes one believe that they are sleepwalking. .. Even little old Ireland has...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ..it wasn't me... I don't do international finance..