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On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:30:54 -0500
Recliner wrote:
road cars, where GRP is always non-structural. Of course, a few very
expensive sports cars have carbon fibre tubs, like F1 cars, but that's for
extreme weight saving, which isn't really needed in trains.

Carbon fibre = enviromental nightmare. Nasty to create and almost impossible to
recycle. The only sure fire way to get rid of it is to burn it. A similar
story for most composites TBH. It'll be interesting to see what will happen
to old 787s and future composite airliners when they reach the end of their
lives. Dumped in the desert for eternity probably.

Yes, very likely. Even aluminium bodied planes seem to sit there for many
years before parting out.