The fact that these drones are only appearing in NATO aligned countries makes it seem pretty obvious to me that it's one of two possibilities. 1) Russian sabre-rattling 2) NATO countries running "secret" drills in public in anticipation of 1) The UFO community is of course running with a third option that doesn't warrant any seriousness.
Mysterious drones have been spotted at airports across Europe
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#102One thing that is particularly annoying: the lack of communication from the governments/police about the status of the investigation, or lack thereof. Side question: How likely are autonomous reconnaissance drones today? I'd expect them to be impervious to traditional jamming. I could imagine a pair of drones, a few km apart, communicating by laser line-of-sight, where the reconnaissance one acquires data, send it to…
Because they are doing it to stir up public hysteria.
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#103The fact that these drones are only appearing in NATO aligned countries makes it seem pretty obvious to me that it's one of two possibilities. 1) Russian sabre-rattling 2) NATO countries running "secret" drills in public in anticipation of 1) The UFO community is of course running with a third option that doesn't warrant any seriousness.
3. NATO countries stirring up shit to justify war mongering.
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
Only if every car has only one person - once you start getting 2 or more people in a car, driving starts to win[0] (and that's discounting the heavy multiplier you get from things like coaches and buses.) [0] https://terrapass.com/blog/carbon-footprint-of-driving-vs-fl...
Right, but you're missing the part where in the real world, nobody on the plane is going to carpool with other passengers they've never met, they're going to drive themselves in their own car, because people are not automatons that instinctively select the most climate-friendly option. We shouldn't be comparing the most optimistic outcome in the world as you'd prefer it to be that could happen as a result of the flig…
I would put a good $25 on there being almost zero flights in the world where every passenger has no relation to every other passenger (to the point where you'd need N individual cars to transport them.)
I'd add another $10 on top to bet that there isn't a situation where all of those passengers would refuse to get on a train / bus / coach with the others if the plane wasn't available.
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#105The fact that these drones are only appearing in NATO aligned countries makes it seem pretty obvious to me that it's one of two possibilities. 1) Russian sabre-rattling 2) NATO countries running "secret" drills in public in anticipation of 1) The UFO community is of course running with a third option that doesn't warrant any seriousness.
If you take into account the silence from officials and politicians then 2) seems more likely.
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#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
Right, but you're missing the part where in the real world, nobody on the plane is going to carpool with other passengers they've never met, they're going to drive themselves in their own car, because people are not automatons that instinctively select the most climate-friendly option. We shouldn't be comparing the most optimistic outcome in the world as you'd prefer it to be that could happen as a result of the flig…
> nobody on the plane is going to carpool with other passengers they've never met I would put a good $25 on there being almost zero flights in the world where every passenger has no relation to every other passenger (to the point where you'd need N individual cars to transport them.) I'd add another $10 on top to bet that there isn't a situation where all of those passengers would refuse to get on a train / bus / coa…
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#109(I am not saying this is the whole story. But the main part of it, yes.)