Comic #5140: electric

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Panel 1:

• Person 1: "HAVE YOU READ ABOUT ELECTRIC AVIATION? IT SOUNDS REALLY COOL. AVIATION IS A HUGE PART OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS."
• Person 2: "NEVER GONNA WORK."

Panel 2:

• Person 3: "THE AMOUNT OF R&D NEEDED TO GET AN ALL-ELECTRIC 737 IS ENORMOUS. WE DON’T HAVE BATTERIES WITH ENOUGH ENERGY DENSITY, AND EVEN IF WE DID, THEY'D BE DANGEROUS."

Panel 3:

• Person 1: "IF YOU COULD BEAM POWER, YOU COULD LAUNCH WITH ALMOST NO BATTERIES, DRASTICALLY LOWERING FUEL COSTS."
• Person 2: "THAT SEEMS UNLIKELY."

Panel 4:

• Person 3: "IT WOULD NECESSITATE A GLOBAL NETWORK OF POWER-BEAMING MEGA-BLIMPS."
• Person 1: "AND WE MUST HAVE IT, NO MATTER THE COST."

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