Essentially, I want the liberty to travel anywhere globally in my own private craft... That is what excites me about this more than anything else, and why I wrote this story. There are some other interesting real-world electric aircraft developments already in progress, but none as yet that reach for the scope Musk speaks of here.
While I am certainly in general agreement that we need to be better stewards of the planet, I need to study the numbers and the whole "global warming" thing before I get to the alarmist stage about climate change. I am no fan of big oil, but my general viewpoint is that carbon in the air is more of a health problem (CO and other chemical compound byproducts) than a global climate change problem.
I don’t blame you one bit for wanting a private craft and the freedom to travel wherever you want, anytime. What could be more fun than that?
I grew up on science fiction and The Wonderful World of Disney and I've felt cheated out of my future.
The future has not unfolded as I had expected as a child; but it is exciting now to see some of these promises on the threshold of fulfillment. :D