Tesla's German plant hits snag as public consultation repeated

Re:Tesla's German plant hits snag as public consultation rep... by sschueller on Thursday October 21, 2021 @10:13AM (#28944710)

That is definitely the case in Boca Chica, TX and there may even be a conflict of interests with the environmental assessment being used instead of the full environmental study. SpaceX is going way beyond what was originally permitted by the FAA.

Edit: Citation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bdkcoiFaN0

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Re:Tesla's German plant hits snag as public consultation rep... by bryanlarsen on Thursday October 21, 2021 @10:26AM (#28944911)

What is "way beyond"? They're permitted for a 27 engine kerosene rocket, they want to switch to a 33 engine methane rocket. A kerosene spill is much worse locally than a methane spill since methane evaporates.

They're hoping to add a 250MW power plant which would be a major change but that would be part of a different environmental assessment.

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Re:Tesla's German plant hits snag as public consultation rep... by mr_luc on Thursday October 21, 2021 @10:29AM (#28944947)

Citation needed -- and that silly TechCrunch article isn't a citation.

They raised a howl because the plans say they will start on a power plant, whose impact is considered -- but 'oh my goodness, where will the gas come from? A well? Trucks? Oh my!'

Well -- that literally may not be known yet, as is when and whether they'd get close to running it at anything like capacity.

And that's not a problem; Texas has power plant regulators, and pipelines have their own paperwork and process.

The FAA regulating this is a bit funny anyway. :) Eventually that'll change, but right now they're doing a good job handling these weird corners of their responsibility with grace.

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