This is fascinating, @creatr! I agree with Elon about “this crazy experiment” we are performing — taking trillions of tons of carbon from underground and putting them into the atmosphere and oceans. Thank goodness he is thinking innovatively and has developed some clout. The battery powered airplane is a very cool idea.
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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