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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights by darkpuma on Friday January 04, 2019 @06:12PM (#18828642)
> "It would be a game changer for so many people living in Europe and Asia who would love to live outside the US and commute to the US regularly for work."

What is the environmental impact of "regularly" commuting on an intercontinental supersonic jet, compared to simply using video conferencing?

Humanity doesn't need a new Concorde. The only real upside I could possibly see is faster transport for organ transplants, and how often is that actually going to happen?

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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights by JumpCrisscross on Friday January 04, 2019 @07:58PM (#18829160)
> What is the environmental impact of "regularly" commuting on an intercontinental supersonic jet, compared to simply using video conferencing?

For any serious discussions, video conferencing is a garbage replacement for in-person meetings. If anything, the latter is becoming more impactful as lower-level functions get clearly displaced to the former. As others have mentioned, jet fuel doesn’t have to be carbon additive.

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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights by justapassenger on Saturday January 05, 2019 @12:49PM (#18833004)
> Humanity doesn't need a new Concorde

I think you have a typo - you don’t need a new Concorde.

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