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MegaHashes t1_is9zkrl wrote

We need r/TheyDidTheMath on the case to prove that.

Commercial airliners never fly on empty, and you can’t gain more jet fuel by covering planes with solar panels they way you can with electricity.

The technology isn’t there yet, and I’m not suggesting it is. My suggestion was only that the energy density numbers don’t tell the full story because of inherent losses when using that energy source.

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