> > improved modern materials means you can just have most of your take-off mass be battery, compensating for the poorer specific energy
> Again, this can be done for any aircraft, not just the electric ones.
Not only that: you burn the fuel, so for the second half of the flight you only need to carry half the fuel. But you have to carry the full battery mass (modulo E=mc^2) all the way.
> Again, this can be done for any aircraft, not just the electric ones.
Not only that: you burn the fuel, so for the second half of the flight you only need to carry half the fuel. But you have to carry the full battery mass (modulo E=mc^2) all the way.