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Would you have said the same thing about the Tesla roadster 20 years ago?

• ClumsyPilot 5y ago
  No, because physics. Electric engines are twice more energy efficient than their ICE cousins. Supersonic jets are 2-3 times less energy efficient than 'normal' jets, and all methods to make them carbon neutral can be applied to both modes of transport.
  • lnsru 5y ago
    You are forgetting one thing: how the electricity is generated. Nuclear reactor is clean, hydro energy from waterfall in Norway is even better. Or a coal power plant in Germany. Electric engine might be super efficient. But at the end it could also be coal powered vehicle.
    • user-the-name 5y ago
      And?
      • lnsru 5y ago
        Efficiency does not matter when you burn coal!
        • BenjiWiebe 5y ago
          Wouldn't it be nice if we could half our coal usage by doubling efficiency of everything using it?