Defying gravity consumes orders of magnitude more energy than ground-based transportation, which means you need much more batteries per person transported. Prod

Defying gravity consumes orders of magnitude more energy than ground-based transportation, which means you need much more batteries per person transported. Producing batteries has a horrible environmental footprint. Producing them just for the luxury of personal flying is beyond irresponsible. Even assuming that my arguments may be flawed or entirely wrong, I still can't believe how an article about private flying doesn't afford a single paragraph to even stop and think about the impact. Such a mindset is what keeps climate change going and going.