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First electric passenger plane lands at JFK in milestone flight. Travels 110 km costing $8 in fuel. (www.foxnews.com)

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[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (21 children)

Havent read the article yet, but I recall reading that with modern battery architecture electric planes were physically impossible. Is this plane not using lithium ion, or was I mistaken? It wasnt an issue of the tech not being ready yet, moreso that lithium ion simply could not achieve an energy density to weight ratio that was needed.

Edit: the article does not say.

Second edit: how far off are we from either not having power storage or only minimal power storage and then we just beam energy to the plane?

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Havent read the article yet, but I recall reading that with modern battery architecture electric planes were physically impossible.

Something something bumblebees.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 6 points 23 hours ago

My dad was an apiarist, bee keeper, and educator.
One of may favourite bee anatomy facts is that the spots on their hind legs that collects pollen....is called Pollen Pants. Love it. Fucking amazing.

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