To Dr. Andreson,
Do you spend any time thinking about/discussing the underlying costs of electric battery power? For example the cost of mining the components, processing, distributing the materials needed for a battery/aircraft? The cost of remanufacturing components when the batteries are spent?
Another area of inquiry is what exactly is charging up these batteries? In 2019 80% of USA’s electrical power derives from hydrocarbons or coal. I think the reality is inescapable that hydrocarbons as a source of energy in our culture is going to be with us for a long time. (Unless we drop our standard of living and/or accept a significant increase in cost of our energy consumption). Enjoyed the discussion. Thx