And so ends the U.S. military's dream of mega-blimps strapped with powerful surveillance gear. The Army confirms to Danger Room that it's killed the last of those lighter-than-air ships. This photo from August 2012 shows the only flight of the Long Range Multi-Intelligence Vehicle, a ginormous spy blimp that the Army has now deflated.
What, they actually believed the Army had gotten rid of them? Sure they did...
In other news,
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-02-07/news/bs-md-jlens-apg-20130207_1_radar-system-army-base-town-halls
Farewell, Magnificent Dirigibutt. You will be missed.
PUBLIC NOTICE: Given certain recent advances in compressed air energy storage, I hereby swear fealty to the now inevitable geoengineering regime.
Please forgive me for thinking synthetic transportation fuel would come to pass.
That won't work either because of ocean acidification.
So how about this: converting to single payer health care in the US would save enough (e.g., by catching cancers at early outpatient-treatable stages instead of in emergency rooms at later stages requiring expensive treatment and long-term hospitalization) to extract all 10 petagrams of carbon output from seawater at $50/tonne?
It looks like a giant flying butt.
Well, somebody had to say it.