• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    price in the US of $0.1235/kWh, that’s $11.63

    Way cheaper than I’d have guessed.

    737 at max takeoff weight is 175k lbs. So that’s around $80 to get airborne. Seems like a steal when you’re charging easily triple that for one seat.

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      17 hours ago

      To be clear, this is the theoretical minimum amount of energy to lift a mass straight up. I’d be surprised if an airplane moving sideways would hit even 30% efficiency in comparison.