That's just a very practical way to ensure aviation remains a polluting and oil guzzling industry for perpetuity. Since the economic and political elites of th

That's just a very practical way to ensure aviation remains a polluting and oil guzzling industry for perpetuity. Since the economic and political elites of the world (in the broad sense) are the clients of aviation, there is just about zero chance they will allow the field to be dismantled for environmental reasons, especially since they have come to relly on it in the global competion.