Battery power at the moment does not stand a chance against jet fuel – but not for the conventional reason of energy density. Our current airliners have a sneaky little cheat nobody is talking about. The gasoline in their tanks comprise just 1/14th of their total energy requirements. Most of their power needs from oxygen in the air and which they do not need to carry on board. If jet aircraft had to carry their energy load on board they would never take off just like battery airliners.

This is why – until science comes up with real answers we are stuck in the awkward dilemma of the only way to fly long distances is to generate huge quantities of CO2.

This 1 minute video is an entry for the Veritasium contest.

By weight 1 unit of jet fuel burns 14 units of oxygen.

Voice – Matthew Bell
Animated in Blender


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