Is Elon Musk About To Make The Aviation Industry Obsolete?
Can Musk make a faster, cheaper, more eco-friendly alternative to the aeroplane?
Elon Musk tends to revolutionise industries; just look at PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX. Is he poised to do the same thing with the aviation industry? And are his plans to send us to Mars just a marketing trick to kick start this Earthbound take over?
In 2019 the global Aviation industry produced 915 million tonnes of carbon dioxide which accounts for roughly 2% of the global human carbon emissions. This is a vast portion of our collective footprint. To make matters worse, jet technology is struggling to adapt to green alternatives. The scene is set for a new technology to dominate.
Enter Elon Musk! He has already kick-started the electric revolution in cars. Could he do the same to aeroplanes? Sadly, you won’t be seeing a Tesla plane any time soon, the batteries are still way too heavy! But Elon has a trick up his sleeve. In fact, he has two tricks, and they won’t revolutionise aviation, they will utterly crush it instead. This is Elon Musk’s plan to make polluting, slow and tedious aeroplanes…
