          Source: Reuters  Comments     Threshold   What I find
most amusing... By SublimeSimplicity on 2/1/2013 2:37:22 PM ,
Rating: 2 Is that what is going unsaid is that the reason the
787 is using that chemistry of battery is because they are FAA
approved. Safer, better suited, chemistries are out there, but
the expense and time to get them FAA certified is too much. So
Boeing is forced to use a cell that they know is unsafe, because
the FAA says its safe and because getting the FAA to rubber
stamp a cell they know is safer would take too long.  RE: What I
find most amusing... By DT_Reader on 2/1/2013 3:33:44 PM ,
Rating: 3 Not true. The FAA didn't certify the battery in
advance, leaving Boeing little choice but to use that battery,
they certified that battery because that's what Boeing chose to
submit for certification. Boeing chose the most volatile form of
Li-ion battery to save weight and space. The weight is a small
issue; the unfortunate reality is that they didn't leave room
for a larger substitute