I wouldn't rule out electric planes in the future looking at the rate batteries have been improving.
Electric lorries maybe even closer, in that they already exist and Siemens are trying to have some overhead cables fitted in Germany to run electric
Lorries (I don't know if they're hybrids or if they charge up a battery to work off the system).
Anything could happen in the future, and the technologies that succeed aren't always the ones that are empirically best. I've seen a lot
though from many sources (AA, IET, General news) to suggest European governments are gearing up to reduce diesel use and I think if diesel fuel
suddenly cost a lot more and congestion charges and bans from certain areas are introduced, they will disappear fairly quickly.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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