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Lithium sulfur still has a tiny fraction the energy density of hydrogen. It's very unlikely, probably impossible, to ever beat hydrogen on energy density with a battery.

Also, Li-S still has too low of energy density for airplanes, and given the long recharge time problem batteries fundamentally are a no-go in aviation.




LiS is only 10x below gasoline. When you account for the difference in efficiency, and the the difference in weight for the motors, and then reliability and redundancy, it is roughly a factor of 2 away. That is fine for shorter routes.

Recharging time isn't an issue, just have the batteries swappable.




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