You’re right, Jim. Everyone is SO fixated on “saving the planet” by running everything on stored electrical engerny that they totally lose focus of the fact that unobtanium hasn’t yet been found and that dragging around heavy batteries is inefficient … especially in an airplane which has to defeat gravity vs a car which only has to overcome friction and a little drag. All of us here know that the heavier an airplane gets, the higher the necessary AoA to maintain level flight ergo the higher the drag. The motors, controllers and wiring aren’t exactly lightweight, either. I just don’t get it.
And NOW … given what’s happened in Texas, where the heck is all the recharging energy gonna come from? Trees? I’m hearing that 23% of the grid in Texas comes from wind power which isn’t working. SO what do we do … stop flying when that happens? Lastly, I just read an article focusing on ‘what’re we gonna do about recycling all this green energy equipment?’ Focus on the present … to heck with the future. OH … and now the Chinese don’t want our waste anymore, either.
For MY garage project which is gonna net ME $100M when I sell the business to someone with more money than sense … I’ve already bought a gallon of green paint so I can paint everything “feel good” green.