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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by NikolaeVarius on Saturday March 07, 2020 @05:24PM (#22514635)
I wonder what this will do to the method of estimating Chinas economy via Electricity/Coal usage. What is next on the line that isn't being actively tampered with.
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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by jedberg on Saturday March 07, 2020 @06:03PM (#22514879)
> I wonder what this will do to the method of estimating Chinas economy via Electricity/Coal usage.

I think the causality goes the other way. I think that they are doing this because that is how their economy is measured.

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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by NikolaeVarius on Saturday March 07, 2020 @06:14PM (#22514934)
Im pretty sure that before this electricity usage was not the primary measure of productivity. I think the news is that this Is a new "easy" way of attemting to force ramp up
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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by jedberg on Saturday March 07, 2020 @08:14PM (#22515561)
But if you know that people are using this method, so do the party leaders. It would be no surprise they are juicing their metrics.
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