Comment on New York Startup Builds Fridge-Sized Machine That Can Turn Air Into Gasoline
yakko@feddit.uk 3 weeks agoBattery electric aeroplanes aren’t as far off as you might think, but you’re technically correct that they don’t currently exist.
Comment on New York Startup Builds Fridge-Sized Machine That Can Turn Air Into Gasoline
yakko@feddit.uk 3 weeks agoBattery electric aeroplanes aren’t as far off as you might think, but you’re technically correct that they don’t currently exist.
tyler@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
No they do exist! But most scientists agree that we are unlikely to ever see commercial airliners using it, nor will freight liners use it. We would have to see ENORMOUS scientific improvements and many many many things that seem incredibly far fetched invented to get to that point.
yakko@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
You overstate your case, several firms are already at various stages. Wright Electric is working on a >500km range passenger craft for easyJet right now. That won’t be able to fill every role, but a worthwhile number of them to be sure.
tyler@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
If you could link that it would be great. As far as I understand it, a commercial passenger plane (which holds several hundred people) is no where close to being possible. If you are talking about small planes that hold maximum ten-15 people then sure.
yakko@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
I just read it from the Wikipedia page. Their site doesn’t have a lot of info other than a white paper