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This isn't even remotely true: "Unlike the electric car, there is no emerging technology that can save air travel from this environmental impact." Something as
by merpnderp 8y ago
This isn't even remotely true: "Unlike the electric car, there is no emerging technology that can save air travel from this environmental impact."
Something as simple as flying low enough to create low level cloud cover would more than reverse the net effect of NOx and CO2 produced by planes. It's just more expensive because it takes longer and consumes more fuel.
- haberman 8y agoDo you have any references for this? I couldn't find any mention of this in my research. For example it's not mentioned here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_aviation#Scope_for_improvement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_aviati...