http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/all-electric-airliner-feasible-2035Lets take a moment to ponder History
1808 François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car powered by an internal combustion engine fueled by hydrogen
The battery electric car owes its beginnings to Ányos Jedlik, one of the inventors of the electric motor, and Gaston Planté, who invented the lead-acid battery in 1859
1870 Siegfried Marcus built the first gasoline powered combustion engine
1886, with the First vehicle to run on gasoline or petroleum
1903, 17 Dec, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft.
The world of Automobiles, Planes & Trains is born, along with the Pollution produced
In the past 150 years, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels have risen an estimated 35 percent, and humans went from being earth-bound to sending 3 billion passengers into the air each year.
CO2 — a naturally occurring gas that is also emitted at great levels by human activity — is one of several greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. Other greenhouse gases include water vapor, methane, ozone, nitrous oxide and halocarbons.
So Why Not Electric Airplanes replacing fuel driven Aircraft Carrying People with an average of 9,728 planes — carrying 1,270,406 people — in the sky at any given time ?
Conversion has many definitions as a physical transformation from one material or state to another: a substitution of one component for another so as to effect a change.
Conversion from Fossil Fueled Vehicles...fossil fuels principally consist of carbon and hydrogen bonds. There are three types of fossil fuels which can all be used for energy provision; coal, oil and natural gas.
Refineries make gasoline and other petroleum products from crude oil.
Electrodes in the battery contain atoms of certain conducting materials. An Alkaline battery, the anode is typically made of zinc, and manganese dioxide acts as the cathode. And the electrolyte between and inside those electrodes contains ions.
A Lithium-ion battery are the positive and negative electrodes and electrolyte. Generally, the negative electrode of a conventional lithium-ion cell is made from carbon. The positive electrode is a metal oxide, and the electrolyte is a lithium salt in an organic solvent.
I am sure most everyone is familiar with Batteries, and in the News comes the Hooplah about Batteries & Smartphone's catching Fire and some of which has happened aboard Aircraft.
At least 17 Lithium-Ion Batteries Have Exploded On Planes by June this Year (2017), Samsung Reveals Why the Galaxy Note 7 Kept Exploding, Exploding headphones reignite fears about batteries on planes, FDA workshop to examine exploding e-cigarettes, iPhone 8 battery involved swelling incidents.
Tesla the automaker, had previously taken steps to prevent the lithium-ion batteries used in its vehicles from inadvertently catching fire, but the crash raises questions not only about whether Tesla has gone far enough.
Sure there are gasoline-powered vehicles that are involved in fires every year, now ask yourself, did the Car Battery cause the Fire.
The Tesla car's battery may not have caused the crash, however 2 died as a result of Explosion & Fire of the crash and it is unknown "if there’s an answer to the explosive nature of lithium-ion when those batteries are disturbed.” Other issues/accidents with the Tesla car have been reported as fires triggered by road debris unexpectedly puncturing the battery pack.
Tesla quickly responded by adding a new titanium shell that reduced the likelihood of such punctures. Will Tesla Fly ?
But Wait !, this is the 21st Century, in the attempt to reduce Pollution from Fossil Fuels, or reduction of Global Warming (Greenhouse affect)...we move towards Solar, Wind, Water Power...now the Future is looking toward the Electric Air Plane.
In the 20th Century, a self-launching 20-meter sailplane with a 42-kilowatt DC/DC brush-less motor and lithium-ion batteries, it can climb up to 3,000 meters with fully charged cells. The first flight was in 2003.
Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens have formed a partnership which aims at developing a near-term flight demonstrator which will be a significant step forward in hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft.
All in the Name of Progress, making Life Better...comes the Ecological Footprint of Humans.
The simplest way to define ecological footprint would be to call it the impact of human activities measured in terms of the area of biologically productive land and water required to produce the goods consumed and to assimilate the wastes generated.
All contributes to the Global Footprint of the Air we breathe, Population Growth, More Vehicles on the Ground, Air and on Water increases contamination, pollution, airborne disease, etc.
Many common infections can spread by airborne transmission at least in some cases, including: Anthrax (inhalational), Chickenpox, Influenza, Measles, Smallpox, Cryptococcosis, and Tuberculosis.
Airborne diseases can also affect non-humans, meaning our Pets, Farm Animals, etc.
Lets not forget why there are those trying to get off this Planet Earth (12 April 1961-Present day).
So why not take to the Skies of our Friendly Electric Air Travel (F.E.A.T.) an achievement that requires great courage, skill, or strength.
When flying at 500 to 30,000+ feet and the Electricity Goes Out/Down, Batteries Catch Fire, will the Plane have an on-board generator to keep flying, and what will that Generator Run On / Off of ?
What about Extinguishing the In-flight Fire ?
Now is when You Need Great Courage, Strength, and any Skill to Survive, did you bring a Parachute as Carry On ?
I am done Pondering.
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