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Old November 9th 07, 02:42 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
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Default $98 per barrel oil

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Dylan Smith writes:

Aviation is probably the hardest nut to crack - it requires a portable
and highly energy dense fuel - batteries probably never will crack it.
It'll always need a fuel with similar energy density characteristics as
diesel or gasoline.


Hydrogen springs to mind, but storing it safely and in small volumes is
problmatic.



Been done, fjukkwit.



Bertie