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False analogy. Mobile phones were expensive because the R&D was expensive and the production technology immature. Flying people requires a lot of energy because
by einpoklum 6y ago
False analogy. Mobile phones were expensive because the R&D was expensive and the production technology immature. Flying people requires a lot of energy because of physical constraints, and the potential economies on fuel use, while existent, are strongly constrained.
- nickpp 6y agoExtracting and storing energy from nature is also a technological problem. Also solved using R&D.