The arc of aerospace technology has been towards lighter, stronger aircraft to enable advances in design and capability. This single-criteria fuel source of lithium and other rare earth minerals to make a battery that weighs what it weighs is the antithesis of progress. Imagine if aluminum had been outlawed in the early 20th century and all aircraft had to be made of steel or wood in order to comply with a government mandate. What would aircraft have been? Heavy clunkers powered by enormous engines voraciously consuming fuel. Electric powered aircraft represent such a stifling of creativity in order to be in compliance with the “electric-or-nothing” agenda.