Wind resistance at ground level means that an airplane is much more energy effic...

bluGill on July 30, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: How far can you go by train in 5h?

Wind resistance at ground level means that an airplane is much more energy efficient at those distances and speed. As such those distances are unlike to work just because an airplane is so much cheaper even if because of speed it is time competitive.

panick21_ on Aug 2, 2022 [–]

And for short distances we are getting very close to where electric planes can show up.