Comment on First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity

• titanicx@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Battery weight is a real thing. Look at the weight of electric cars for example.

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• howrar@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As dumb as it sounds, people still fly those distances.

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  • JillyB@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ve done it as the last leg of a long flight from a major hub to the small town I was going toward. Nobody has a direct flight from Osaka to Greenville, South Carolina, turns out. So I had to fly from Atlanta.

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    • howrar@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve done similar. But I guess an argument can be made that we should strive to replace those with more economical forms of transportation. Just because one part of your trip is by airplane, doesn’t mean the whole thing needs to be.

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      • JillyB@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Absolutely. I would have loved to take a train that last leg. I also think trains should hook into the same booking system as flights so you can book your whole trip in one go.

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