"...we can have a good quality of life in this world. we can solve the financial crisis. we can fight poverty and we can protect the environment only by inventing the future with enough pioneering spirit
the technological solutions already exist please don't listen to people that say it's not possible; that we need more innovation, more development before we can have it on the market. No; the solutions exist.
We need desperately: political courage... Ambitious visions...in order to force the implementations of the solutions we already have. Through smart regulations and ambitious incentives..." ----------------
Quite an interesting video, and quite amazing ambitions - and quite amazing to amass all the partnerships.
The Solar Impulse aircraft is seen as a symbol to change the mentality of people's attitudes towards renewables. They know they are not going to fly passengers with the Solar Impulse but realise that will is the most important ingredient in changing the direction of the technological path we are travelling in (they also mention the days of early flights not flying passengers, then years later flying passengers...).
Some can disagree about their claims of carbon-free flight (especially when you consider transport and manufacturing 400KG of batteries, solar cells, frame, instrumentation, etc) but this is an awesome endeavour.
They sez: * Sunpower solar cells at 22% efficiency provide best trade-off for weight and efficiency. * Entire budget: 70 million Euros. ...with a second airplane in the works. * 160KG total payload (seat, cockpit, food, pilot, oxygen...) * Doubling the capacity of the batteries could allow 2 people in the plane. * development of custom software on the plane * they still have no partners within in the computer industry working with them but they are encouraged to join
Nice closing statements encouraging personal efforts at efficient energy use and pushing politicians for change.
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"...we can have a good quality of life in this world.
we can solve the financial crisis.
we can fight poverty and we can protect the environment
only by inventing the future with enough pioneering spirit
the technological solutions already exist
please don't listen to people that say it's not possible;
that we need more innovation, more development before we can have it on the market.
No; the solutions exist.
We need desperately: political courage...
Ambitious visions...in order to force the implementations of the solutions we already have.
Through smart regulations and ambitious incentives..."
----------------
Quite an interesting video, and quite amazing ambitions - and quite amazing to amass all the partnerships.
The Solar Impulse aircraft is seen as a symbol to change the mentality of people's attitudes towards renewables. They know they are not going to fly passengers with the Solar Impulse but realise that will is the most important ingredient in changing the direction of the technological path we are travelling in (they also mention the days of early flights not flying passengers, then years later flying passengers...).
Some can disagree about their claims of carbon-free flight (especially when you consider transport and manufacturing 400KG of batteries, solar cells, frame, instrumentation, etc) but this is an awesome endeavour.
They sez:
* Sunpower solar cells at 22% efficiency provide best trade-off for weight and efficiency.
* Entire budget: 70 million Euros.
...with a second airplane in the works.
* 160KG total payload (seat, cockpit, food, pilot, oxygen...)
* Doubling the capacity of the batteries could allow 2 people in the plane.
* development of custom software on the plane
* they still have no partners within in the computer industry working with them but they are encouraged to join
Nice closing statements encouraging personal efforts at efficient energy use and pushing politicians for change.