Falling
under the category of cessation of stupidity disguised as innovation we
have fiber-optic retrofitting of airplanes. Yes, that's right, every
wire on almost every commercial airplane is insulated copper. Over 100
miles of insulated copper per plane. Insulated copper that is heavy,
prone to fire and electromagnetic interference, and difficult to track
problems with.
Why oh why have we done
this to ourselves. An industry that cut the lettuce out of its meals to
save weight didn't think of changing over to fiber optics which would
save hundreds of pounds while making planes safer and easier to
maintain. Well, they're doing it now. All of Boeing's next generation
planes will be using optical communications, saving hundreds of pounds
and thousands gallons of gasoline.
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written by GTW, October 23, 2006
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