Submitted by tooch_my_gooch t3_11grxfj in news
bactatank13 t1_jaqemif wrote
Reply to comment by ArtifexCrastinus in Universal Hydrogen Successfully Completes First Flight of Hydrogen Regional Airliner by tooch_my_gooch
> what pressure we can use to for our local airlines to get on the list?
When they resolve the energy problem regarding hydrogen. What government need to do now is continue to fund and pressure R&D into Green Air Travel. Personally I think we are at least two decades from scalable green air travel. Half of the time will be spent on researching and the other half will be spent proving to everyone it is as safe as ICE. The latter being the hardest part.
" 18 gigawatt-hours every day, equivalent to the full production of one typical nuclear plant of 900 MW. If, to ensure that hydrogen production actually reduces carbon emissions, the electricity is produced through solar power, 44 square kilometers of solar panels would be needed—a footprint representing three times the entire surface area of the Orly airport itself. " source:https://www.kearney.com/transportation-travel/article/-/insights/aviations-hydrogen-the-airport-challenge
Firm_Bison_2944 t1_javclhj wrote
We developed scalable green air travel a long time ago... Dirigibles (zeppelins, blimps). The hindenburg just scared everyone off. These days you gotta watch out for F22s though.
bactatank13 t1_jawxok3 wrote
Neither of those are scalable because their speed and space. Electric air taxis are more economically plausible.
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