Reply to post: Re: Advantages

Rolls-Royce, Airbus, Siemens tease electric flight engine project

John Crisp

Re: Advantages

"From a UK perspective, our airline fuel use is equal to about one third of the fuel use of all UK road vehicles."

From a global perspective this is a much bigger problem:

http://www.industrytap.com/worlds-15-biggest-ships-create-more-pollution-than-all-the-cars-in-the-world/8182

That's just 15. A lot more where they come from.

To keep a global economy running it is one that needs fixing sooner rather than later.

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