Originally Posted by
Flying Binghi
Climate for other threads - moving on…
I’m wondering where the power to charge electric aircraft will come from ?
As the California experience has recently proven, there is not enough power to run the state, let alone charge electric cars. How will adding the high power requirements of electric aircraft recharging be met ?
There are ball park figures that say to fast charge a Tesla is the equivalent of adding the power draw of two average western homes to the power system. What will a fleet of electric aircraft draw from the power grid ? Who will pay for the extra power ‘stations’ and grid requirements of them electric aircraft ?
The serious researchers in this space are also wondering this, and extremely concerned.
Actually it's broader than that. We need more electrical power to power all the ground services - transport, A/C, tugs, etc. If we go to electric aircraft we need a massive new power generation and distribution infrastructure that's not even in serious planning at the moment (ditto electric cars, trucks, etc.). If we go to hydrogen, ammonia, etc. all that needs distribution and storage as well.
Add in training countless thousands of people to design, build and manage all of this.
And yet we can't do a lot of that yet, until we actually know what the winning technologies will be.
All really rather difficult isn't it!
G