http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/ Engadget Comments for Southwest builds first 'green plane,' Ma Earth shows her gratitude http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/
Seeing as how we are just starting to get "green" cars, I don't think a "green" plane will be arriving anytime soon. This plane is an improvement (environmentally) over previous planes, so at least they are heading in the right direction. ]]>Oct 25th 2009 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/M]]>Oct 25th 2009 2:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/
Most airlines don't do it themselves.]]>Oct 25th 2009 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/
Why the hate? Are you that touchy that you can't take a little criticism. Get off it please.

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Boeing actually furnishes all the interior components at the time of building. Southwest just chooses which setup they want. But was this customized by Southwest after it was delivered, or did they retrofit an old plane, or did Boeing actually install these 'green' components? ]]>Oct 25th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/
Further, Southwest's net income was only $178 million in 2008. So, $16 million would be almost 10% of their NI. ]]>Oct 25th 2009 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/
Or by going to headrests on seats that are 2 inches shorter, or by eliminating the refreshment cart, or by reducing the service crew by 1, or by.... umm... NOT allowing each (x150) passenger to carry an extra 50 pounds of luggage for free. Start charging for luggage again and use half the fee to buy carbon offsets, it would have a real impact on fuel usage by getting people to travel lighter, and would have a real PR impact by claiming "we're green by planting 10,000 trees per flight" or whatever.

This is just plain dumb, nothing but PR. Move along...]]>Oct 25th 2009 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/
Your just an idiot. Shaving off nearly $500 lbs from a passenger aircraft is pretty damn impressive. I mean they might handle like public tran. buses compared to more nimble aircraft (fighter jets, etc.) but they still have to be aerodynamic enough to, oh I don't know, fly efficiently to a make profit without charging their customers the price of a first born child.

Solid Improvement.]]>Oct 25th 2009 2:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 3:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/
But what I'm really frustrated about is the fact that tax-free shopping is BEFORE the flight instead of after. I can't think of any reason why this is beneficial for anything. It's just a waste of fuel, really.]]>Oct 25th 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 27th 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/
Calling less-harmful (but still harmful) things "green" (read: echoing the marketing hype) can contribute to diminished environmental concern among the public.]]>Oct 25th 2009 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/
FAIL]]>Oct 25th 2009 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/
But yeah, 472 lbs isn't much on an airplane that weighs 154,000 lbs. ]]>Oct 25th 2009 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 1:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/
The hilarity of the new green inquisitors replacing the orthodox religious right would be hilarious, were it not for the coming economic, intellectual and technological stagnation...

...what makes me laugh, as I've already made mine and converted a significant portion to gold bullion, is how those who hate on religion adopt a cause that they fervently advance as surely as any Inquisitor of the Spanish period, or any Iman of today...

...most of us who can see the coming fall are ready...and we will raise a glass as you all burn. :))]]>Oct 25th 2009 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Are you not religious? I'm not, and I'm not implying that you implied that you are, but I am asking for clarification.

" ... sadly those who would believe in this lie will hobble the rest of the country with their green religion."
What do you do for "the country," pray tell?

"The hilarity of the new green inquisitors replacing the orthodox religious right would be hilarious, were it not for the coming economic, intellectual and technological stagnation..." I'm sorry, "coming economic... stagnation?"
Am I wrong, or has it long been here (in America)? How exactly are concerns about global warming and strides toward increased fuel efficiency responsible for, among other things, the failure and bailout of General Motors?

" ...what makes me laugh, as I've already made mine and converted a significant portion to gold bullion, is how those who hate on religion adopt a cause that they fervently advance as surely as any Inquisitor of the Spanish period, or any Iman of today..."
I'm sorry, but it's not quite clear what exactly you've converted to gold bullion. You're not talking about World of Warcraft, are you? Probably not. So, how did you make your millions? Better yet: how did you protect it from those thieving, destructive environmentalists? Bonus question: What do you make of Warren Buffet's wind power effort?

" ...most of us who can see the coming fall are ready...and we will raise a glass as you all burn. :))"
Help me! I'm ready to learn! I don't want to burn! Save me, my lord! As you pointed out, "the Human brain is pre-disposed to believe in the fanciful and unverifiable," and, because I want to ever increase my intelligence and knowledge, I do hope that you can verify "the coming fall," and point out ways in which I can avoid it. So far, you haven't verified "the coming fall," and you've only implied that one way to stop it might be to oppose Southwest Airline's purchase and use of a more efficient jet liner.

P.S. What will be in the glass you'll raise as we all burn? I'm really into Brachetto d'Acquis these days, but I wonder if that's a good thing to drink during the burning. Would a Flaming Moe be more apropos? Please advise.]]>Oct 25th 2009 2:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/25/southwest-builds-first-green-plane-ma-earth-shows-her-gratitu/Oct 25th 2009 1:06AM