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That's only partially true if you are West of the Mississippi. When I fly in and out of Cincinnati (where I live) I very often get routed through Chicago, whic
by api 2y ago
That's only partially true if you are West of the Mississippi.
When I fly in and out of Cincinnati (where I live) I very often get routed through Chicago, which is under 300 miles away. This thing could make the trip three times between each recharge.
Cincinnati to New York is under 600 miles, still within this aircraft's range with lots of safety margin.
New York to Miami is a little over 1000 miles, which is probably too far with safety margin but close. That's a hugely popular route.
The big elephant in the room in terms of energy is that we have no energy problem. None. Zero. Free energy rains from the sky all day long and we have loads of wind, hydro, and nuclear power too. What we have is an energy storage problem. Fossil fuels are so popular because they are conveniently stored dispatchable energy, not because they are just "energy." If batteries get good enough we are done.
- financetechbro 2y agoGood thing no one ever travels between the east coast and west coast
- robertlagrant 2y agoWhat a shame we have to retire every other plane when this one is adopted.
- xattt 2y agoEven if this was the case, this is a (somewhat) solved problem. Look at how Formula E deals with limited range.
- mwcampbell 2y ago> The big elephant in the room in terms of energy is that we have no energy problem. None. Zero. [...] If batteries get good enough we are done. But if batteries do get good enough, then we'll just use and waste more energy, and then we'll run out again, right? It's like how software bloat expands to match the available hardware resources. So maybe it's better to act as if things are scarce even if they're not.