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Re:Aviation Is on a Low-Carbon Flight Path by 0xffff2 on Thursday November 07, 2019 @10:59AM (#21474316)
In a word, yes. Dropping the batteries out of an airliner in a way that left the batteries recoverable and reusable would add a tremendous amount of weight. It would also add a tremendous amount of danger. Neither of those things are attractive to a manufacturer.
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Re:Aviation Is on a Low-Carbon Flight Path by bdamm on Thursday November 07, 2019 @12:51PM (#21475439)
However, reducing the cost of fuel by 1/10 would be very attractive to basically all airlines, so the manufacturers may very well step up for it. Bombs away!
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Re:Aviation Is on a Low-Carbon Flight Path by WalterBright on Thursday November 07, 2019 @09:01PM (#21479416)
The reason Boeing developed the 737MAX was a 15% fuel savings. Pretty darned attractive.
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