Plane
topic on 6 shows · 7 statements across 7 episodes
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7 statements about Plane, every show
Calacanis: Boom Supersonic Has Sold Zero Planes and Jet Turbines
“Well, they've sold zero of either. They've sold no planes and no jet turbines for AI power.”
Peter Rahal sold his private airplane due to costs and flies commercial
“I bought a plane and that really puts cars into like context, like cars make sense. You know what I mean? It's like planes, probably the best thing, but then I, you know, it's just like lighting money on fire. So then I eventually sold it. But that's for sure …”
US Landfill Methane Emissions From Food Waste Far Outstrip Aviation Emissions
“10% of greenhouse gas emissions in the U S comes from methane produced by landfills, which is, which are filled with food waste. It's an order of magnitude higher than what's produced by planes.”
More people fly in India than travel in upper-class railways
“And today, there are more people flying on planes than they are taking upper class travel and railways.”
Horowitz: Aircraft CEOs without product experience make dangerous decisions
“If you don't even know how to build a plane, if you have no idea, if you've never done it, if you've not even been in those meetings, then the decisions you make as CEO are very likely to be not only wrong, but potentially dangerous.”
Teller: Modern commercial airplanes fly themselves almost entirely using AI
“The plane that flew you here flew itself almost the entire way using artificial intelligence, and we all rely on artificial intelligence every day, whether we realize it or not.”
Frank Stephenson argues aircraft designers should study marine hydrodynamics over standard aerodynamics
“Fish are much more efficient at creating aerodynamic shapes, or hydrodynamic shapes actually, than planes are. I think we're looking at the wrong direction. We should be looking under the sea as opposed to looking at standard aerodynamic shapes when we want to…”