Reminder - how @joncstone's tweet on a bridge linking Scotland and Ireland became Boris Johnson's flagship policy...https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/boris-johnson-flagship-policy-viral-tweet-brexit-northern-ireland-scotland-rail-link-hs2-a8568151.html …
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Als antwoord op @LizzyBuchan @joncstone
Being a young person,
@joncstone deleted his tweet, but I still have his original plan for Edinburgh-Dublin high speed linepic.twitter.com/E5uzXTkjvK
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Electric planes are the solution, not a bridge
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I don’t think those exist Jonathan
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They do. Prototypes trialled. https://www.eviation.co/ Prestwick would be perfect as a hub, feeding Edinburgh, Belfast, Enniskillen, Dublin, Manchester, Gatwick later when range improves.
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There are two ‘prototypes’ - one is a scale model, essentially an RC plane, the other is a full sized mock-up that doesn’t fly. The former caught fire and was destroyed last year
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Others have flown. Much cheaper to develop than 20 billion pound bridge, more potential long term. Theres an aircraft factory in Belfast that could build them
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The largest electric plane to have flown is an adapted Cessna light aircraft and it flew 30 minutes at a low speed - the issue at the moment is energy density (batteries). Companies like this are about attracting investment funding
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Sure, but my point is the short cross sea distances are ideal for it. 30 mins is plenty to cross to Belfast
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Edinburgh-Dublin is over an hour - and that state of the art prototype has the capacity of a large family car. It’ll be decades before even relatively short flights are technically possible never mind commercially viable, and that distance is better served by rail anyway
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If developed through grants much faster
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