Comment on What happens when coal is gone?parentComments−anthonyb16yNone of those options seem particularly viable, even given advanced technology:* Nuclear has trouble with radiation shielding - not good for passenger planes unless you make enormous planes with a couple of thousand passengers.* Beaming power is going to cook birds along the route* If you're going to the trouble of making hydrogen, which is notoriously hard to store, you might as well just make jet fuel instead.
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None of those options seem particularly viable, even given advanced technology:
* Nuclear has trouble with radiation shielding - not good for passenger planes unless you make enormous planes with a couple of thousand passengers.
* Beaming power is going to cook birds along the route
* If you're going to the trouble of making hydrogen, which is notoriously hard to store, you might as well just make jet fuel instead.