Submitted by Max_1990 t3_10p01h2 in Futurology
LiCHtsLiCH t1_j6i7ok5 wrote
Personally I dont think so, well at least not anytime soon. The problems are kinda major, short range low power are not exactly thrust characteristics anybody wants. It's also important to know that commercial aircraft have a substatial electrical system in place already, that both generates electricity, and powers motors to a degree. Seriously, combustion in a turbine is so efficient, making a biofuel from alcohol is a better solution, that uses existing technology, and gives performance on par with conventional systems.
However for air taxi's and such, quadrathopter esq people carriers in cities and shorter trips that can use a simple parachute in case of emergency will see some real implementation imo, but an actual "airliner" seems far fetched, unless you could use the electricity to replicate the heat produced by a combustion reaction, now that would be something.
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