I tend to agree, but the IEA regularly puts out reports on technology assessments and their projected impact, and, IIRC, last year's report had bumped up the pr

I tend to agree, but the IEA regularly puts out reports on technology assessments and their projected impact, and, IIRC, last year's report had bumped up the priority of the "Aviation" category. I recall the gist of it being that technologies like LEDs, EVs, building systems, and heat pumps were coming along nicely, but things like grid storage, air travel, and something else remained stubborn problems. That is, I wouldn't be surprised if this was (however indirectly) tied to real, high-level global objectives. Since air transport isn't going away, I'd expect a bunch of these micro-optimizations in the future (especially because of battery limitations).