$25 flights and zero emissions: How electric planes will change air travel | Roei Ganzarski | magniX
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The aviation industry accounts for 2% of human-induced carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) worldwide and 12% of transportation-related CO2 emissions in the U.S.
The more than 38 million flights people take each year damage our environment in multiple ways. Altogether, emissions from commercial aircraft are projected to triple by 2050 if left unchecked.
For Roei Ganzarski, CEO of the electric aircraft motor company MagniX, the answer isn’t to shame or shut down the industry, but to fundamentally change the nature of commercial flying through zero-emission technologies, cheaper costs, and easier access to regional flights. “We are building a world where flying in [electric] planes is no different from getting on a bus, or a subway,” Ganzarski told Freethink.
Ganzarski believes electric planes don’t need to serve the same functions as big commercial airliners. Most flights across the U.S. are rather short: 70% fly fewer than 1,000 miles. That’s why Ganzarski thinks the key to launching electric planes into the mainstream is competing for regional flights, like New York City to Washington, D.C. or San Francisco to Los Angeles.
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