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When EV/renewable enervy is bad - Musk is a scammer, Tesla is a accounting pyramid heading to bkcy
Why don't you try "highest effective utilization of a unit of energy per unit of dustance", at a scale of billions of people context.
Trains do have the advantage that they generally stop in the centers of cities, unlike airports, which are almost always on the peripheries.
If you don't think proposing everyone to fly on electric drones as a mass transport solution is absurd, I guess we agree to disagree.
They are not afraid to stand up for what has been theirs for many generations.
But they don't control the big open sky. That's the future.......at least the future I want to live in.
Fixing transportation with trains is like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.
You left out costs. These would be million dollar vehicles with very high insurance costs. Total costs of operating one of these would be at least $500/hr.
Think about it, why does a low end aircraft like the Cessna cost more than a Rolls Royce?
Energy efficiency matrices is a bit (very) complex. One of the major factors is the number of occupants of any type (avg. maintenance cost + base_cost/commute + cost/passenger/commute)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/policy/cars-weigh-too-much -gives a basic comparison.
The age of Electric Aviation is just 30 Years Away. Let that sink it.
he technological advancements that allowed Tesla to squeeze 335 miles from the Model S and Chevrolet to get 200 out of the Bolt are not enough to power anything more than the smallest aircraft for the shortest distance.”
If personal EV drone is not a solution for today, why are we talking about it.
Smaller and lighter than a Cessna? A Cessna is a thin aluminum can, designed to be as light as possible. Also, only one 4 cylinder air cooled motor. Your drone will have multiple electric engines and the batteries needed to power them. Less complex? Your drone will need stabilization and self flying capability. Using rotors is far less efficient than a wing. Flying 25 miles in a VTOL will takes lots more energy than flying 100 miles in a conventional plane.
The weight of the batteries and the payload are the biggest issues
WookieMan saysThe weight of the batteries and the payload are the biggest issues
Why not make them powered by ICE then? Military drones are not electric.
I have done some brave testing on mine and literally cannot crash it. In the correct mode, we're talking flying at top speed towards a wall and the things stops. Dropping down from 200' towards murky water to test the bottom sensors out. Obstacle avoidance is a non-issue in this conversation.
using an ICE to supply the power adds additional noise
Glass cockpit is just a new way to display altimeter, artificial horizon, heading, and maps
Either way, land based methods are not the way forward long term. Just think about land costs for just 1 mile of track, the stations, the labor just to keep an eye on the operation, and finally the equipment to actually move the people.
So what happened to all "telecommuting" projected years ago? Cannot most office work, call center, meetings, and other tasks be done at home by remoting in?
So what happened to all "telecommuting" projected years ago? Cannot most office work, call center, meetings, and other tasks be done at home by remoting in?
So what happened to all "telecommuting" projected years ago? Cannot most office work, call center, meetings, and other tasks be done at home by remoting in?
After hours wasted, is half-baked flying electric drone still clinging to life?
I surrender, enough time wasted on "miracle-needed" solutions.
And there are countries that had implement hs rail successfully, just because Calif leaders are corrupt, incompetent does not mean a modern efficient rail line cannot be part of the solution where it will help.
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It was pure old-school corruption, a specialty of Democrats.