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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity (arstechnica.com)

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The X1 aircraft is comparable in size to a small regional airliner and can achieve a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 25,000 pounds with the help of four wing-mounted electric motors. The battery-electric propulsion system delivered more than one megawatt of power during the maiden flight.

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[–] bluGill@fedia.io 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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A train cabin is significantly cheaper than an airplane.

[–] igmelonh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

For me personally, not including the travel to Chicago, it would be 225USD for a less than 5 hour flight from Chicago to Seattle, while the smallest cabin ("roomette") on an Amtrak would cost 1400USD and take over 46 hours. Even the coach is 280USD.

Edit: I'm seeing the bit about short trips now; I thought that the comment I was replying to was about travel in general. Chicago to Detroit would only be 35USD for ~6h on Amtrak coach (no cabin offered), flight price would be the same as Chicago-Seattle. Train would be cheaper in this case, though without a cabin.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 1 points 4 days ago

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@rimu@piefed.social @betanumerus@lemmy.ca @fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com compare Amtrak pulling your personal car vs owning a personal train.

Though Chicago to Seattle is a long distance trip where flying beats the train even with ideal service. If you were asking about going to indianapolis instead the train should be both cheaper and faster That it isn't is a reflection on how bad Amtrak is not trains in general.