Certain inventions spark off a revolution - the Solar Impulse airplane, that is totally powered using solar energy, is one of them. Earlier, the Solar Impulse team had tested the Solar Impulse 1 airplane which successfully completed the first 24-hour non-stop journey & traveled across USA, Africa & Europe, using just solar energy.
Now, the same team has announced the Solar Impulse 2 airplane, also powered exclusively using solar energy, that will circumnavigate the world (in 2015). This one is expected to come to/halt in India, as well.
Whether you admit it or not, the future is for such green technologies. We are in the brink of over-use and abuse of existing resources that if our 'development' spree continues in the same speed (or faster), there will be nothing left for anybody. Green technologies that use renewable energy are our only hope and the Solar Impulse 2, though symbolic, is a powerful indicator of the direction which future technologies will be forced to take.
The very idea that an airplane can circumnavigate the globe using just the solar energy, gives us a lot of hope. Solar Impulse is not about applying technology to create one airplane - it is more about being a testament to the point that if an airplane can be powered using solar energy, our homes, offices, cars, buses, trains, etc. can all be easily powered by solar power!
That is why an innovation like this is very important. It is path-breaking and revolutionary. I wish I could see this airplane directly, when it comes to India. I will definitely try my best to do that.
If you've not been taking renewable energy seriously until now, it's high-time you did.
Renewable energy is going to disrupt the way we live.
Solar Impulse 2 is the living proof.
More details: Solar Impulse website.
