{"id":14056,"date":"2021-05-20T23:43:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T06:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=14056"},"modified":"2021-05-20T23:43:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T06:43:37","slug":"the-media-are-finally-catching-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/the-media-are-finally-catching-on\/","title":{"rendered":"The Media Are Finally Catching On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The media are catching on.\u00a0 CBS News this morning and Public Broadcasting next week are presenting reports on electric aircraft.\u00a0 Your editor became aware of CBS\u2019s report this morning at 3:00 a. m., being awakened after falling asleep earlier mid-joke during Stephen Colbert\u2019s show.\u00a0 It was a pleasant way to face the day.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Race for world&#039;s first commercially viable electric plane: The battle for &quot;Tesla of the skies&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2fmh3NJVyjU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>CBS explains, \u201cOf all the major industries that spew out planet-warming greenhouse gasses, one stands out as unfixable &#8211; so far. Fossil fuel power plants can be replaced with wind and solar power. One can switch to electric cars. But as Mark Phillips reports from the British Aviation History Museum for the \u2018CBS This Morning\u2019 series Eye on Earth, the one thing aircraft have had in common down through the ages is aviation fuel. A commercially viable electric airplane cannot yet be made, aviation fuel is too powerful to replace with batteries.&#8221;\u00a0 The tone seemed somewhat negative, even though the report showed several examples of electric aircraft now flying<\/p>\n<p>Co-hosts Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil chatted after the report from what is actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/visits\">Duxford\u2019s Imperial War Museum<\/a>.\u00a0 Somewhat less informative, they turned to comments on the color scheme for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faradair.com\/\">Neil Cloughley\u2019s Faradair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even more substantial fare is on its way.\u00a0 Public Broadcasting\u2019s Nova will feature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/video\/great-electric-airplane-race\/\">\u201cThe Great Electric Airplane Race\u201d<\/a> on Wednesday evening, May 26 at 9:00 pm local time.\u00a0 (As they say on the telly, be sure to check local listings.)\u00a0 The hour-long program promises a worldwide look at machines we cover regularly in the blog.\u00a0 This will probably be a first look at the technology for many viewers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NOVA: Great Electric Airplane Race | Preview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZTxtKTSzsJ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan new emission-free electric planes replace our polluting airliners and revolutionize personal transportation in our cities? NOVA takes you for a ride in some impressive prototypes that are already in the air, from speedy single-seat planes that can take off like a helicopter but are half as noisy to \u201cself-flying\u201d air taxis that already taking passengers on test flights in Chinese cities. But if electric airplanes are ever to advance beyond small, short-haul craft, significant hurdles of battery weight, energy storage and cooling remain to be overcome. How long will it be before the dream of super-quiet, super-efficient airliners becomes a reality?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We can only hope that more programs help promote electric aviation, and help inform an increasingly knowledgeable public.<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Fthe-media-are-finally-catching-on%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The media are catching on.\u00a0 CBS News this morning and Public Broadcasting next week are presenting reports on electric aircraft.\u00a0 Your editor became aware of CBS\u2019s report this morning at 3:00 a. m., being awakened after falling asleep earlier mid-joke during Stephen Colbert\u2019s show.\u00a0 It was a pleasant way to face the day. 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