Or, to be more accurate, one scientist and his team suggested that planes could save on jet fuel by doing this.

In other news, there was once a math professor who suggested blowing up the moon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Abian

"Scientists" want the darnedest things. It's almost as if they think for themselves, take great joy in impractical or even silly ideas, and are as likely to be crazy as anyone else.