HSTEd
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There is work towards electric short-haul aircraft - probably not going to be taking you to New York or Singapore any time soon, but could be just the trick for outlying islands. I could see Loganair going over to fully electric operation in due course, for instance.
When that happens, there might well not be much in it between non-electrified railways and battery-electric air travel in terms of CO2 emissions.
If we get good enough batteries to make short haul airliners practical, we will also have non-electrified railways being operated entirely by battery trains.