Good News: Hundreds Of Private Planes Head To Burning Man

This is Burning Man

Whether at the Burning Man event in Black Rock City, or at Regional Events around the world, Burners pride themselves in devising better, more efficient ways to do things. We’ve been building our ephemeral home in Black Rock City since 1990; all along participants have been imagining and experimenting with technology that conserves water, minimizes waste and utilizes renewable energy sources. As with all things Burning Man, these learnings come back to our lives, and impact the greater world in which we all live.

The nonprofit Burning Man Project and the global Burning Man community are working to make the Burning Man event in Black Rock City more ecologically sustainable. This sustainability web page summarizes our efforts.

They yammer about being carbon negative, climate change adaptation, and sustainability for everything

Also Burning Man

Hundreds of private planes are touching down at a makeshift airport for billionaire favorite Burning Man

Hundreds of charter and personal planes touched down on the same tarmac this weekend — and it wasn’t in the Hamptons, Lake Tahoe, or any other particularly bougie hot spot. It was a pop-up airport called 88NV in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Officially named Black Rock City Municipal Airport, 88NV’s two 6,000-foot runways created from a dry lakebed handle the hundreds of planes flying in for the annual Burning Man festival. The temporary airfield is only open for about two weeks before it’s taken down “without a trace,” the website says.

Huh. Can’t let ‘climate change’ get in the way of getting your groove on and showing your wealth, eh? Of course, how many of the non-uber rich also take fossil fueled flights then vehicles to Burning Man?

Meanwhile

Ford Loses $44,000 On Every EV Sells As It Switches To Hybrids

Last week, we reported that Ford was canceling its plans for a three-row electric crossover as part of an adjustment to its electric strategy because of cooling demand for EVs. Now we are getting a better look at just how much that strategy is changing and what it’ll end up costing The Blue Oval. Chiefly, Ford is expected to take on $1.9 billion in related charges and write-downs.

Ford said its EV business is on track to lose an eye-watering $5 billion this year alone. In the three-month period ending in June, the automaker lost about $44,000 on every electric vehicle it sold. That is not sustainable.

Hey, that’s better than the $130K they lost per EV in the 1st quarter, eh?

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