Well, yeah, but those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still. Obviously the guy likes electrics, so he spins the data in such a way that makes it viable in his mind. The way I see it, it comes down to what you already have your time, money, and knowledge invested in. Don't get me wrong, I'm not afraid of learning new things and I do own a small electric plane and helicopter, but when it comes to my pattern planes, I want a smoke trail that isn't coming from a puffed battery. On his comment about no more deadsticks, I've seen a couple dead-sticks with electrics, one of which resulted in a complete loss, and the other one was close. The reason for this being that the batteries are so heavy they have to be used to balance the airplane. If the battery comes loose there's a darn good chance you'll lose propulsion, and you now have an airplane that is severely out of trim and in some cases unflyable.