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Lobbying Muscle and Green Agenda Blinded Boeing to Reality

Submitted by Paul Chesser on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 12:53

Boeing 787 DreamlinerWith the revelation that All Nippon Airways replaced defective lithium ion batteries 10 times, Japan Air Lines replaced “quite a few,” and United Airlines replaced “multiple batteries,” in the months preceding the smoke emergency that grounded their Dreamliners, is there anything that can be said about the technology that can overcome its now-horrible reputation?

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