Electric Airplanes for the Future!

Hank tells us the outcome of the 2011 Green Flight Challenge and tells us why electric airplanes are the future of air travel.

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Credits:
Produced by Hank Green
Chief Editor: Blake de Pastino
Cinematography: Nick Jenkins
Video Editor: Matt Ferguson
Graphics: Amber Bushnell
Written by: Jesslyn Shields

TAGS: airplane, aeroplane, plane, gas, gasoline, fuel, petroleum, combustion, NASA, CAFE, google, green flight challenge, electric, electricity, efficient, efficiency, Pipistrel-USA Taurus G4

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Science & Technology

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• aeroplane
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• gas
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• fuel
• petroleum
• combustion
• NASA
• CAFE
• google
• green flight challenge
• electric
• electricity
• efficient
• efficiency
• Pipistrel-USA Taurus G4
• energy

[elos12]

Gasoline =/= gas

[amber108948]

u know this guy is kinda cute <3

[SaturdayNightAnime]

That a really creative 8 year old would draw...minus the guns

LOL

[elos12]

@UsagiJin

It's needlessly ambiguous.

"I have a gas powered car" can mean it runs on gasoline or an actual gas

[kovona]

36,000 gallons per 10 hours is a lot, but remember an average international airliner is carrying up to 300 passengers and their luggage. This accounts for about 12 gallons per passenger per hour. Given that the cruising speed on a A340 is about 850 km/h, that gives you about 71 km per gallon or 42 mpg. My 2009 Corolla has a stated highway consumption of 35 mpg. Add the fact that you're getting to wherever about ten times faster, a plane much more efficient then one would assume.

[Ocrap96]

I've watched.. all of your videos, make more flabgammiit!

[elepisko276]

@amber108948 This guy is very cute! There is something incredibly sexy about a guy who knows his science!

[UsagiJin]

@elos12 Because no other culture, language, or country in the world uses slang on a regular, widely-accepted basis...and because every language in the world is static, unchanging, and never incorporates new words/alters the meaning of old ones....

[DeezNutsAreMine]

this guy gave me good news twice today. Thumbs up

[Tzanthor]

@amber108948 Hank <3

[ajaxtaur]

@amber108948 Yeah, kinda wish he was gay.

[Xelas112]

the last part with 1.3 mil dollars given by NASA to make the electric airplane is definitely a big joke or perhaps a big blunder. you can't build anything on petty cash, unless you are aiming for a toy.