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Old Nov 18, 2016 | 8:15 am
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Wilbur
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Current technology batteries are pretty heavy in proportion to the available energy they can store. The ratio of inherent energy density to weight in Jet A is much better than current technology.

Until this ration gets much better for electricity storage media, I don't see much opportunity to move away from Jet A.
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