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by me_again 762 days ago
That doesn't sound like an airline I would care to fly!

During takeoff a 747 consumes power at a rate of about 90MW. Having something outside the plane, whether in orbit or ground-based, pumping that much power into the plane while I'm in it, sounds quite alarming. Not to mention issues with aiming, power loss, etc.

To power a plane with renewable sources, it seems most practical to generate power on the ground and use that to produce synthetic fuel.