Electric Planes Replace our Cars
Posted 11th May 2008 at 6:15pm by M1ke, tagged as Technology | Commenting Closed
The solution to gridlock on our overcrowded roads is to take to the air in a plane-car hybrid that will revolutionise the way society works.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Heading skyward to beat gridlock
It's certainly an interesting idea, and whilst the logistics of the public having access to personal flying vehicles is rather insane I'm happy to see that development is being done. I agree with the comments that we are long overdue to find an alternative to the combustion engine - rising prices of oil, a growing scarcity of resources and damage to the environment are all convincing factors why we need to get off the sinking ship quickly.
As a skydiver I'm pleased that within a few years we may have electric planes available to us, which whist not the transport replacement suggested in the majority of the article, will be more environmentally friendly and cheaper to run than the planes we currently use. I suspect that air sports will be some of the first to take to these craft, as they don't have large scale public considerations to worry about - its at the choice of individual airfield owners and the private pilots who fly from them. Certainly something to watch.
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