It is 2011 and the B787 has 835, the B737 has 2,101 and the B747 has 109 confirmed orders not yet delivered. Where did they get their numbers from? The B787 wasn’t even for sale in 2001?

Why is it important that a “national” museum have the type?

Newark Air Museum have a MR.3, along with the Gatwick Air Museum — they have two, for now — so it is not like it is an extinct type in the grand scheme of things.

I have no sympathy for him, he choose not to wear the most crucial part of biker gear.

quite correct !! but oil goes far further than mereley plastics etc

for each barrel of oil only half is used as fuel the rest is used in the following ( and a lot of these will probably suprise some )

http://www.ranken-energy.com/Products%20from%20Petroleum.htm

I believe I am correct in saying that even if you had a car that didn’t need fuel, it doesn’t mean that portion of oil could be made into other things.

It is the same with all these biofuel flights that Airbus and Boeing are creating a lot of noise about. Where on this planet are you going to grow all this extra fuel crop, enough to support the thousands of flights each day.

The internal combustion engine has had decades of research, development and refinement to get it where it is today. However, even though you are removing petrol or diesel as a fuel, you still need oil-based products for lightweight plastics and for lubricants as well as limited amounts of hard to obtain precious metals.

The electric car is just in its infancy. It sounds good, but it will not change the increasingly oil dependant world.