'Electric aircraft are breaking new ground for aviation insurers'

Ever since Wilbur and Orville Wright made their first historic powered flight in 1903, the aviation industry has been a loyal user of hydrocarbons as a source of fuel. The simple matter is hydrocarbons, be it petrol, diesel or kerosene, offer a fuel that is plentiful and manageable. The impressive energy density of a hydrocarbon fuel allows aircraft to carry and extract the energy over huge distances such as that needed to fly a large passenger aircraft from Perth, Australia to London, UK without the need to refuel.