Solar plane completes 24-hour flight
A Swiss-led experimental solar-powered plane has just completed it’s first 24-hour flight. This is a giant leap forward in “green technology” but we are still a ways out from seeing it replacing conventional jet propulsion.
The team says it has now demonstrated that the single-seat plane can theoretically stay in the air indefinitely, recharging its depleted batteries using 12,000 solar cells and nothing but the rays of the sun during the day.
Now, how to market it against big oil?
This solar powered plane is beginning to prove that we can also run planes on electricity. The only reason we are still using vast quantities of oil is because big oil has made enormous efforts to destroy the electric car industry.