Electric Flight Cost Calculated at $40, Signaling End of Fossil Fuels
examachine · x · 2026-08-21
The author recalculated the cost of flying a personal airplane using electricity, finding it to be around $40 per day (correcting an original miscalculation of $5). He argues that this rate is incredibly cheap and suggests that electricity is winning the century, signaling the death of fossil fuels.
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