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First electric passenger plane lands at JFK in milestone flight. Travels 110 km costing $8 in fuel. (www.foxnews.com)

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[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (9 children)

110km = 68 miles (or about one hour of car travel on many US interstate highways)

Something something Americans will do anything but travel by train for short distances.

Edit: apparently y'all are unfamiliar with the meme, and as such taking my comment at 100% sincerity instead of the intended 38%. Also I'm an American myself, so the only intended disrespect was of the self-depreciating variety.

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 days ago

There's plenty of places where an electric shorter range plane makes sense. Alaska and Australia come to mind immediately.

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