Are electric planes the future?

Demand has been surging for copper around the world - from renewable energy projects, to AI data centres, to infrastructure networks. Production, however, has struggled to keep pace, pushing prices close to record highs in late 2025 and early 2026.As the value of the metal has ri ...  Show more

Country music is in the midst of a grand renaissance. The genre - whose popularity was previously confined to the American South - is now climbing the charts, grabbing the attention of Gen Z audiences, and changing the perception of what it means to be a country listener. Streami ...  Show more

Flying, for many of us, is now routine. For a few of us it is a weekly, maybe even daily, event. At the same time global protests, concerned with the pressing danger of climate change and the need to reduce CO2 emissions, are gaining attention and causing alarm. So, will we ever ...  Show more

Congested urban landscapes and overburdened ground infrastructures are about to be transformed with a new form of transportation, a scheduled or on-demand air taxi service that can whisk passengers along faster, safer, and less expensively than the alternatives. Improvements in b ...  Show more

C’est aujourd’hui l’un des grands paris de l’industrie aéronautique pour atteindre la neutralité carbone d’ici 2050 : le SAF, pour Sustainable Aviation Fuel, ou carburant d’aviation durable. Une alternative plus verte au kérosène classique, capable de réduire les émissions de CO₂ ...  Show more

#202 What are the impediments to the mass adoption of electric vehicles. More information, including show notes, can be found here.

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