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Old 06-24-2018, 03:01 PM
 
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Passenger flights could start in another half-dozen years.


Will Norway's electric plane take off?
A battery-powered plane that could mean guilt-free travel is part of a plan to tackle climate change

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-44529509/will-norway-s-electric-plane-take-off

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/01/20/norwegian-avinor-bets-local-electric-planes-onboard/

https://www.cnet.com/news/norways-avinor-tests-two-seater-electric-plane/

https://www.ecowatch.com/norway-electric-planes-2551833011.html
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Old 06-25-2018, 12:39 PM
 
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Map showing 330 mile range from Oslo Norway and airports with more than a million passengers annually

Easy Jet has been talking about a passenger plane with more than 100 passengers with a 335 mile range. That would be enough to connect the three major Scandinavian airports. Converting all domestic air trips in Norway to electric will be very hard since some airports are about 900 miles apart.
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Old 06-25-2018, 12:52 PM
 
Location: Mokelumne Hill, CA & El Pescadero, BCS MX.
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Map showing 330 mile range from Oslo Norway and airports with more than a million passengers annually

Easy Jet has been talking about a passenger plane with more than 100 passengers with a 335 mile range. That would be enough to connect the three major Scandinavian airports. Converting all domestic air trips in Norway to electric will be very hard since some airports are about 900 miles apart.

I'm sorry, but it reminds me of the Marx Brothers movie where Chico is explaining how they got there.


"First we take a plane, but we run out of gas halfway across so we had to go back"


"Next we take a plane and get 3/4 of the way across, and we run out of gas again so we got to go back"


And a classic, "lets do a 360 and get the heck out of here"
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Old 06-25-2018, 04:41 PM
 
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And a classic, "lets do a 360 and get the heck out of here"
Norway automobile sales in 2017 were 52% hybrid or electric. Pure electric cars are gaining every month. Government subsidies and policies virtually guarantee that Norway will be the greatest adopters of electric vehicles.

Yet Norway's vast wealth is built on fossil fuels. Norway’s electric car policies are hard to imitate. Norway can be generous because high revenues from oil and gas production have helped it amass the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, worth $1 trillion.

Watch Lillyhammer on Netflix.
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Old 06-25-2018, 05:04 PM
 
Location: Fort Benton, MT
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I would NEVER fly in an all electric aircraft. Unlike a tank of jet fuel, batteries behave differently based on environment conditions. As anyone that has owned a cell phone can tell you, batteries can just go bad instantly without warning. In fact, there is a picture of a Tesla on the web that just exploded into flames without any external damage. Maybe one day batteries will be so safe that they never fail, but right now that isn't the case.
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Old 06-26-2018, 01:14 AM
 
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I would NEVER fly in an all electric aircraft.
An electric helicopter may be desirable for an executive to fly 50 miles from his mansion to the rooftop of his office building. There is no fumes noise or danger of an explosion for this commute.

But even small airports are also going to have planes coming from mid range distances that are impossible to fly to from electric planes. So you are going to need the fuel pumps and everything else at that airport that serves the fossil fuel jets.

Why risk your life for such a plane? Wouldn't a nice hybrid make much more sense?

People ask that question about automobiles where the consequence of your electric car stopping because of unforseen circumstances are far less severe?
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