Originally Posted by
stevecv
So many problems with electrification...How do I know the batteries will always be able to hold 100% of their capacity? What about the fact that airplanes get significantly lighter as the burn fuel en-route? What about all the electricity airports would need to charge the batteries? Is every airport going to have its own nuclear reactor?
I want technology to continue to advance, but talk about hurdles...
All that's true but the real problem with batteries is energy density/specific energy... just can't carry enough juice.
Mathematically impossible to fly larger planes on longer routes. Battery-powered airlines will, at best, be limit to short regional hops. That might actually happen, but I'm talking maybe one hour flight time, if that.