Repeat a lie often enough...

Any time there is a technological advancement, leave it to an enviro-weenie to throw a wet blanket on the affair...

The product of a grand European alliance, the Airbus A380, touched down at a specially reinforced runway at Heathrow at 1.20pm with a Union Flag fluttering from the cockpit.

Among waiting dignitaries, Gordon Brown hailed the four-nation aeroplane as an example of "Europe at its best" and a triumph of British engineering.

With a wingspan of 79m, the Airbus A380 is by far and away the world's biggest plane. It can fly further, more cheaply and is sometimes more green than a Boeing 747, seating up to 840 economy passengers compared with a jumbo's 416, though most airlines favour the less environmentally friendly seating of 480.

A great feat of engineering. Pretty cool, right? An advancement for mankind.

Not if you're an enviro-whacko:

It also poses fresh questions about whether this will lead to more passengers flying round the world in bigger jets, contributing to aviation emissions that threaten catastrophic and irreversible global warming.

Awww geeeeeze---will they give it a friggen rest already???

(Filed under enviro-whackism)