Comments by "Diana Pennepacker" (@dianapennepacker6854) on "Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming" video.

@colbymcarthur7871 Batteries suck in cold weather. Wouldn't those places also suffer from grid issues as well? Still having the option is good. I always said hydrogen might have a good niche for things like this once it becomes cheaper.
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@loukasfrantzolas6494 Good for Islanders spread across the world. Get a seaplane and boom! Profit!
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@colbymcarthur7871 Yeah we can make super safe tanks, but you know people are going to make them as light as possible and therefore easier for a failure. Aviation fuel once going I hear is really hard to put out like diseal. Turns out flying will always have risks. I do hope to see some taxi air copters before I die.
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Uh. To question two. Fuel tanks don't like running on empty either. You also don't want to be empty on fuel in an aircraft.
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Electric planes have an easier time being made for STOL or even VTOL. We already have companies trying to design "air taxis". If Airbus or Boeing got behind it. I'm sure they could make a decent bus sized plane that could haul passengers with a very short runway. Of course batteries, and super capacitators need to get better. I say capacitators, because I hear they are incredible useful for flight on having extreme power for certain aspects like take off. Anyway that is the way I see it all going forward. Still think we should focus in high speed rails for dense areas.
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